1999-07-17 Roland McGrath <roland@baalperazim.frob.com>

	* hurd/hurdexec.c (_hurd_exec): Prune trailing null ports from the
	descriptor table sent in the RPC.

diff --git a/hurd/hurdexec.c b/hurd/hurdexec.c
index 18ad9ef..30a27e8 100644 (file)
--- a/hurd/hurdexec.c
+++ b/hurd/hurdexec.c
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ _hurd_exec (task_t task, file_t file,
       dtable_cells = NULL;
     }
 
+  /* Prune trailing null ports from the descriptor table.  */
+  while (dtable[dtablesize - 1] == MACH_PORT_NULL)
+    --dtablesize;
+
   /* The information is all set up now.  Try to exec the file.  */
 
   {