xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/stdio/vasprintf.c (revision e7b6782c39ecc02fbfc5545df7fdc0a43c82297e)
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 1.7 1997/07/06 08:42:37 peter Exp $";
28 #endif /* LIBC_RCS and not lint */
29 
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #include <stdlib.h>
32 #include <string.h>
33 
34 #if __STDC__
35 #include <stdarg.h>
36 #else
37 #include <varargs.h>
38 #endif
39 
40 #define CHUNK_SPARE 128 /* how much spare to allocate to avoid realloc calls */
41 
42 struct bufcookie {
43 	char	*base;	/* start of buffer */
44 	size_t	size;
45 	size_t	left;
46 };
47 
48 static int 	writehook __P((void *cookie, const char *, int));
49 
50 static int
51 writehook(cookie, buf, len)
52 	void *cookie;
53 	const char *buf;
54 	int   len;
55 {
56 	struct bufcookie *h = (struct bufcookie *)cookie;
57 	char *newbuf;
58 
59 	if (len == 0)
60 		return 0;
61 
62 	if (len > h->left) {
63 		/* grow malloc region */
64  		/*
65 		 * XXX this is linearly expanded, which is slow for obscenely
66 		 * large strings.
67 		 */
68 		h->left = h->left + len + CHUNK_SPARE;
69 		h->size = h->size + len + CHUNK_SPARE;
70 		newbuf = realloc(h->base, h->size);
71 		if (newbuf == NULL) {
72 			free(h->base);
73 			h->base = NULL;
74 			return (-1);
75 		} else
76 			h->base = newbuf;
77 	}
78 	/* "write" it */
79 	(void)memcpy(h->base + h->size - h->left, buf, (size_t)len);
80 	h->left -= len;
81 	return (len);
82 }
83 
84 
85 int
86 vasprintf(str, fmt, ap)
87 	char **str;
88 	const char *fmt;
89 	va_list ap;
90 {
91 	int ret;
92 	FILE *f;
93 	struct bufcookie h;
94 
95 	h.base = malloc(CHUNK_SPARE);
96 	if (h.base == NULL)
97 		return (-1);
98 	h.size = CHUNK_SPARE;
99 	h.left = CHUNK_SPARE;
100 
101 	f = funopen(&h, NULL, writehook, NULL, NULL);
102 	if (f == NULL) {
103 		free(h.base);
104 		return (-1);
105 	}
106 	ret = vfprintf(f, fmt, ap);
107 	fclose(f);
108 
109 	/*
110 	 * clean up the wreckage. Did writehook fail or did something else
111 	 * in stdio explode perhaps?
112 	 */
113 	if (h.base == NULL)	/* realloc failed in writehook */
114 		return (-1);
115 	if (ret < 0) {		/* something else? */
116 		free(h.base);
117 		return (-1);
118 	}
119 
120 	/*
121 	 * At this point, we have a non-null terminated string in a
122 	 * buffer.  There may not be enough room to null-terminate it
123 	 * (h.left == 0) - if realloc failes to expand it, it's fatal.
124 	 * If we were merely trying to shrink the buffer, a realloc failure
125 	 * is not [yet] fatal. Note that when realloc returns NULL,
126 	 * the original buffer is left allocated and valid.
127 	 */
128 	if (h.left == 1)	/* exact fit, do not realloc */
129 		*str = h.base;
130 	else {
131 		*str = realloc(h.base, (size_t)(h.size - h.left + 1));
132 		if (*str == NULL) {
133 			/* failed to expand? - fatal */
134 			if (h.left == 0) {
135 				free(h.base);
136 				return (-1);
137 			}
138 			*str = h.base;	/* use oversize original buffer */
139 		}
140 	}
141 	(*str)[h.size - h.left] = '\0';
142 	return (ret);
143 }
144