From aa7da73880539713b14d19d6b34c2940c3579fcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:57:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add USE_PORTABLE_CODE option and use it in find applet

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
---
 Config.in        | 8 ++++++++
 findutils/find.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 99f814e5a..05bc3a58a 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ config EXTRA_COMPAT
 	  some GNU extensions in libc. You probably only need this option
 	  if you plan to run busybox on desktop.
 
+config USE_PORTABLE_CODE
+	bool "Avoid using GCC-specific code constructs"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Use this option if you are trying to compile busybox with
+	  compiler other than gcc.
+	  If you do use gcc, this option may needlessly increase code size.
+
 choice
 	prompt "Buffer allocation policy"
 	default FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC
diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index ba8fa0854..76f670942 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ ACTF(inum)
 ACTF(exec)
 {
 	int i, rc;
+#if ENABLE_USE_PORTABLE_CODE
+	char **argv = alloca(sizeof(char*) * (ap->exec_argc + 1));
+#else /* gcc 4.3.1 generates smaller code: */
 	char *argv[ap->exec_argc + 1];
+#endif
 	for (i = 0; i < ap->exec_argc; i++)
 		argv[i] = subst(ap->exec_argv[i], ap->subst_count[i], fileName);
 	argv[i] = NULL; /* terminate the list */