[libc-commits] [libc] [libc] implement mkstemp (PR #199220)

Michael Jones via libc-commits libc-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri May 22 12:17:33 PDT 2026


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+//===-- Implementation of mkstemp -----------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "src/stdlib/mkstemp.h"
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/fcntl_macros.h"
+#include "src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/getrandom.h"
+#include "src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/open.h"
+#include "src/__support/common.h"
+#include "src/__support/libc_errno.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/null_check.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, mkstemp, (char *tmpl)) {
+  LIBC_CRASH_ON_NULLPTR(tmpl);
+
+  // keep walking until we find the null terminator
+  int len = 0;
+  char *walk = tmpl;
+  while (*walk != '\0') {
+    walk++;
+    len++;
+  }
+
+  // invalid string length check
+  if (len < 6) {
+    libc_errno = EINVAL;
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  walk--;
+
+  // when we find it, backtrack six positions
+  int counter = 0;
+  while (*walk == 'X') {
+    counter++;
+    if (counter == 6)
+      break;
+    walk--;
+  }
+
+  // if there aren't six Xs, throw error
+  if (counter != 6) {
+    libc_errno = EINVAL;
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  char *suffix = tmpl + len - 6;
+
+  const char charset[] = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm"
+                         "QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM"
+                         "1234567890";
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michaelrj-google wrote:

The posix standard (here: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/mkdtemp.html) says this function should use the portable filename character set, defined here: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_282

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/199220


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