Remove usage of VLAs.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/common/ipc-client.c b/common/ipc-client.c
index 3515ef0a..13fd8a05 100644
--- a/common/ipc-client.c
+++ b/common/ipc-client.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int ipc_open_socket(const char *socket_path) {
 }
 
 struct ipc_response *ipc_recv_response(int socketfd) {
-        char data[ipc_header_size];
+        char *data = malloc(sizeof(char) * ipc_header_size);
         uint32_t *data32 = (uint32_t *)(data + sizeof(ipc_magic));
 
         size_t total = 0;
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ struct ipc_response *ipc_recv_response(int socketfd) {
         total = 0;
         memcpy(&response->size, &data32[0], sizeof(data32[0]));
         memcpy(&response->type, &data32[1], sizeof(data32[1]));
+        free(data);
+
         char *payload = malloc(response->size + 1);
         if (!payload) {
                 goto error_2;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ struct ipc_response *ipc_recv_response(int socketfd) {
         return response;
 error_2:
         free(response);
+        free(payload);
 error_1:
         wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Unable to allocate memory for IPC response");
         return NULL;
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ void free_ipc_response(struct ipc_response *response) {
 }
 
 char *ipc_single_command(int socketfd, uint32_t type, const char *payload, uint32_t *len) {
-        char data[ipc_header_size];
+        char *data = malloc(sizeof(char) * ipc_header_size);
         uint32_t *data32 = (uint32_t *)(data + sizeof(ipc_magic));
         memcpy(data, ipc_magic, sizeof(ipc_magic));
         memcpy(&data32[0], len, sizeof(*len));
@@ -120,6 +123,8 @@ char *ipc_single_command(int socketfd, uint32_t type, const char *payload, uint3
                 sway_abort("Unable to send IPC header");
         }
 
+        free(data);
+
         if (write(socketfd, payload, *len) == -1) {
                 sway_abort("Unable to send IPC payload");
         }