[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] Add tmpnam implementation (PR #204901)

Jeff Bailey via libc-commits libc-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sat Aug 1 00:24:30 PDT 2026


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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// Declaration of tmpnam, a POSIX function that generate a string that is a
+/// valid pathname that does not name an existing file.
+/// See:
+/// https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/tmpnam.html
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "src/stdio/tmpnam.h"
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/stdio_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/unistd_macros.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/atomic.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/string_view.h"
+#include "src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/access.h"
+#include "src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/getrandom.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+#include "src/string/memory_utils/inline_memcpy.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+static char tmpbuf[L_tmpnam];
+static cpp::Atomic<size_t> tmpnam_budget = TMP_MAX;
+
+// Partially thread-safe:
+// - When null is handed it is not thread-safe.
+// - We do some work to ensure that cases where we need to use tmpnam_budget
+//   that we lock around it.
+LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(char *, tmpnam, (char *s)) {
+  if (s == nullptr)
+    s = tmpbuf;
+
+  // here if the s is null then use tmpbuf and if sizeof
+  // POSIX portable filename character set, sorted by ASCII value.
+  // See
+  // https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_265
+  const char charset[] = "-.0123456789"
+                         "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+                         "_"
+                         "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
+
+  // We want to construct: P_tmpdir / <14 random chars> \0
+  // P_tmpdir is "/tmp" (length 4).
+  // Total length must be L_tmpnam (20).
+  // /tmp/ is 5 chars.
+  // Random suffix is 14 chars.
+  // Null terminator is 1 char.
+  // Total: 5 + 14 + 1 = 20.
+  constexpr cpp::string_view PREFIX = P_tmpdir "/";
+  static_assert(PREFIX.size() + 14 + 1 == L_tmpnam, "L_tmpnam mismatch");
+  inline_memcpy(s, PREFIX.data(), PREFIX.size());
+  constexpr size_t PREFIX_SIZE = PREFIX.size();
+  constexpr size_t SUFFIX_SIZE = 14;
+
+  bool is_unique = false;
+  while (!is_unique) {
+    size_t curr_budget = tmpnam_budget.load(cpp::MemoryOrder::RELAXED);
+
+    do {
+      if (curr_budget == 0)
+        break;
+    } while (
+        !tmpnam_budget.compare_exchange_strong(curr_budget, curr_budget - 1));
+
+    if (curr_budget == 0)
+      break;
+
+    uint8_t rand_bytes[L_tmpnam];
+    auto ret = linux_syscalls::getrandom(rand_bytes, SUFFIX_SIZE, 0);
+    if (!ret.has_value()) {
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kaladron wrote:

We need to check here that ret.value() == SUFFIX_SIZE to protect against short reads, otherwise we can have a buffer overrun in the code below.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/204901


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