From ab76638cdc1705ec4f22cb6f757c1b542b388692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:40:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] syscall: fix infinite recursion in itoa

Fixes #8332.

LGTM=dvyukov
R=golang-codereviews, dvyukov
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/138650044
---
 src/syscall/export_test.go  |  7 +++++++
 src/syscall/str.go          |  6 +++++-
 src/syscall/syscall_test.go | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/syscall/export_test.go

diff --git a/src/syscall/export_test.go b/src/syscall/export_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9774622c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/syscall/export_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package syscall
+
+var Itoa = itoa
diff --git a/src/syscall/str.go b/src/syscall/str.go
index 0fce842e8c..2ddf04b227 100644
--- a/src/syscall/str.go
+++ b/src/syscall/str.go
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ package syscall
 
 func itoa(val int) string { // do it here rather than with fmt to avoid dependency
 	if val < 0 {
-		return "-" + itoa(-val)
+		return "-" + uitoa(uint(-val))
 	}
+	return uitoa(uint(val))
+}
+
+func uitoa(val uint) string {
 	var buf [32]byte // big enough for int64
 	i := len(buf) - 1
 	for val >= 10 {
diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_test.go b/src/syscall/syscall_test.go
index 2a39b54f1b..846c4873d2 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package syscall_test
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -28,3 +29,19 @@ func TestEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	// make sure TESTENV gets set to "", not deleted
 	testSetGetenv(t, "TESTENV", "")
 }
+
+func TestItoa(t *testing.T) {
+	// Make most negative integer: 0x8000...
+	i := 1
+	for i<<1 != 0 {
+		i <<= 1
+	}
+	if i >= 0 {
+		t.Fatal("bad math")
+	}
+	s := syscall.Itoa(i)
+	f := fmt.Sprint(i)
+	if s != f {
+		t.Fatalf("itoa(%d) = %s, want %s", i, s, f)
+	}
+}
-- 
2.48.1