[PATCH 1/3] getpwuid(mingw): initialize the structure only once

[Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget]

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de>
---
 compat/mingw.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 18caf21969..597781b370 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1800,16 +1800,27 @@ int mingw_getpagesize(void)
 
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
+       static unsigned initialized;
        static char user_name[100];
-       static struct passwd p;
+       static struct passwd *p;
+       DWORD len;
 
-       DWORD len = sizeof(user_name);
-       if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len))
+       if (initialized)
+               return p;
+
+       len = sizeof(user_name);
+       if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len)) {
+               initialized = 1;
                return NULL;
-       p.pw_name = user_name;
-       p.pw_gecos = "unknown";
-       p.pw_dir = NULL;
-       return &p;
+       }
+
+       p = xmalloc(sizeof(*p));
+       p->pw_name = user_name;
+       p->pw_gecos = "unknown";
+       p->pw_dir = NULL;
+
+       initialized = 1;
+       return p;
 }
 
 static HANDLE timer_event;
-- 
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