it was added on 2008 902b3d5c39 when introduced cache-utils.[ch] since then cache-utils.[ch] were removed but **envp was left behind.
By the way "to be portable it is best to write main to take two arguments, and use the value of environ" according to https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Program-\ Arguments.html#Program-Arguments Signed-off-by: Yoni Bettan <ybet...@redhat.com> --- V2 -> V3: since ui/cocoa.c rename main() is using qemu_main() ,because it uses it inside its main() function, the function qemu_main() can't be removed V1 -> V2: removed the ui/cocoa.c renaming of main() function since i thought that we no longer need qemu_main() include/qemu-common.h | 2 +- linux-user/main.c | 2 +- ui/cocoa.m | 5 ++--- vl.c | 7 +++---- 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/qemu-common.h b/include/qemu-common.h index 05319b9ddc..8a5b7ec5ec 100644 --- a/include/qemu-common.h +++ b/include/qemu-common.h @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ /* main function, renamed */ #if defined(CONFIG_COCOA) -int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp); +int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv); #endif void qemu_get_timedate(struct tm *tm, int offset); diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c index 6286661bd3..fe81d410da 100644 --- a/linux-user/main.c +++ b/linux-user/main.c @@ -4237,7 +4237,7 @@ static int parse_args(int argc, char **argv) return optind; } -int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) +int main(int argc, char **argv) { struct target_pt_regs regs1, *regs = ®s1; struct image_info info1, *info = &info1; diff --git a/ui/cocoa.m b/ui/cocoa.m index 330ccebf90..4d18153659 100644 --- a/ui/cocoa.m +++ b/ui/cocoa.m @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ #include "qemu/osdep.h" #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h> -#include <crt_externs.h> #include "qemu-common.h" #include "ui/console.h" @@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ QemuCocoaView *cocoaView; COCOA_DEBUG("QemuCocoaAppController: startEmulationWithArgc\n"); int status; - status = qemu_main(argc, argv, *_NSGetEnviron()); + status = qemu_main(argc, argv); exit(status); } @@ -1391,7 +1390,7 @@ int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) { !strcmp(opt, "-curses") || !strcmp(opt, "-display") || !strcmp(opt, "-qtest")) { - return qemu_main(gArgc, gArgv, *_NSGetEnviron()); + return qemu_main(gArgc, gArgv); } } } diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c index fc8bd9372f..ea17cc34f6 100644 --- a/vl.c +++ b/vl.c @@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_SDL #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(main) #include <SDL.h> -int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp); +int qemu_main(int argc, char **argv); int main(int argc, char **argv) { - return qemu_main(argc, argv, NULL); + return qemu_main(argc, argv); } #undef main #define main qemu_main @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) #define main qemu_main #endif /* CONFIG_COCOA */ - #include "qemu/error-report.h" #include "qemu/sockets.h" #include "hw/hw.h" @@ -3044,7 +3043,7 @@ static void register_global_properties(MachineState *ms) user_register_global_props(); } -int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) +int main(int argc, char **argv) { int i; int snapshot, linux_boot; -- 2.14.3