submodule update --init: correct path handling in recursive submodules

diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index b43d437630c9245a6a48a0940df1607e21357362..9afc1a021c224d4ff2230fffeb0e4f0882d4a99e 100644 (file)
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ void *xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
 {
        void *ret;
 
+       if (unsigned_mult_overflows(nmemb, size))
+               die("data too large to fit into virtual memory space");
+
        memory_limit_check(size * nmemb, 0);
        ret = calloc(nmemb, size);
        if (!ret && (!nmemb || !size))
@@ -391,6 +394,19 @@ FILE *xfdopen(int fd, const char *mode)
        return stream;
 }
 
+FILE *fopen_for_writing(const char *path)
+{
+       FILE *ret = fopen(path, "w");
+
+       if (!ret && errno == EPERM) {
+               if (!unlink(path))
+                       ret = fopen(path, "w");
+               else
+                       errno = EPERM;
+       }
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int xmkstemp(char *template)
 {
        int fd;