xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/stdio/vasprintf.c (revision ce834215a70ff69e7e222827437116eee2f9ac6f)
1 /*-
2  * Copyright (c) 1996  Peter Wemm <peter@freebsd.org>
3  *
4  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6  * are met:
7  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12  *
13  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
14  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
15  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
16  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
17  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
18  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
19  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
20  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
21  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
22  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
23  * SUCH DAMAGE.
24  */
25 
26 #if defined(LIBC_RCS) && !defined(lint)
27 static char rcsid[] = "$Id: vasprintf.c,v 1.6 1997/07/06 07:54:56 peter Exp $";
28 #endif /* LIBC_RCS and not lint */
29 
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #include <stdlib.h>
32 
33 #if __STDC__
34 #include <stdarg.h>
35 #else
36 #include <varargs.h>
37 #endif
38 
39 #define CHUNK_SPARE 128 /* how much spare to allocate to avoid realloc calls */
40 
41 struct bufcookie {
42 	char	*base;	/* start of buffer */
43 	size_t	size;
44 	size_t	left;
45 };
46 
47 static int 	writehook __P((void *cookie, const char *, int));
48 
49 static int
50 writehook(cookie, buf, len)
51 	void *cookie;
52 	const char *buf;
53 	int   len;
54 {
55 	struct bufcookie *h = (struct bufcookie *)cookie;
56 	char *newbuf;
57 
58 	if (len == 0)
59 		return 0;
60 
61 	if (len > h->left) {
62 		/* grow malloc region */
63  		/*
64 		 * XXX this is linearly expanded, which is slow for obscenely
65 		 * large strings.
66 		 */
67 		h->left = h->left + len + CHUNK_SPARE;
68 		h->size = h->size + len + CHUNK_SPARE;
69 		newbuf = realloc(h->base, h->size);
70 		if (newbuf == NULL) {
71 			free(h->base);
72 			h->base = NULL;
73 			return (-1);
74 		} else
75 			h->base = newbuf;
76 	}
77 	/* "write" it */
78 	(void)memcpy(h->base + h->size - h->left, buf, (size_t)len);
79 	h->left -= len;
80 	return (len);
81 }
82 
83 
84 int
85 vasprintf(str, fmt, ap)
86 	char **str;
87 	const char *fmt;
88 	va_list ap;
89 {
90 	int ret;
91 	FILE *f;
92 	struct bufcookie h;
93 
94 	h.base = malloc(CHUNK_SPARE);
95 	if (h.base == NULL)
96 		return (-1);
97 	h.size = CHUNK_SPARE;
98 	h.left = CHUNK_SPARE;
99 
100 	f = funopen(&h, NULL, writehook, NULL, NULL);
101 	if (f == NULL) {
102 		free(h.base);
103 		return (-1);
104 	}
105 	ret = vfprintf(f, fmt, ap);
106 	fclose(f);
107 
108 	/*
109 	 * clean up the wreckage. Did writehook fail or did something else
110 	 * in stdio explode perhaps?
111 	 */
112 	if (h.base == NULL)	/* realloc failed in writehook */
113 		return (-1);
114 	if (ret < 0) {		/* something else? */
115 		free(h.base);
116 		return (-1);
117 	}
118 
119 	/*
120 	 * At this point, we have a non-null terminated string in a
121 	 * buffer.  There may not be enough room to null-terminate it
122 	 * (h.left == 0) - if realloc failes to expand it, it's fatal.
123 	 * If we were merely trying to shrink the buffer, a realloc failure
124 	 * is not [yet] fatal. Note that when realloc returns NULL,
125 	 * the original buffer is left allocated and valid.
126 	 */
127 	if (h.left == 1)	/* exact fit, do not realloc */
128 		*str = h.base;
129 	else {
130 		*str = realloc(h.base, (size_t)(h.size - h.left + 1));
131 		if (*str == NULL) {
132 			/* failed to expand? - fatal */
133 			if (h.left == 0) {
134 				free(h.base);
135 				return (-1);
136 			}
137 			*str = h.base;	/* use oversize original buffer */
138 		}
139 	}
140 	(*str)[h.size - h.left] = '\0';
141 	return (ret);
142 }
143