xref: /freebsd/lib/libgeom/geom_getxml.c (revision 40a8ac8f62b535d30349faf28cf47106b7041b83)
1 /*-
2  * Copyright (c) 2003 Poul-Henning Kamp
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
6  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
7  * are met:
8  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
9  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
10  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
11  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
12  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
13  * 3. The names of the authors may not be used to endorse or promote
14  *    products derived from this software without specific prior written
15  *    permission.
16  *
17  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
18  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
19  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
20  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
21  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
22  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
23  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
24  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
25  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
26  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
27  * SUCH DAMAGE.
28  *
29  * $FreeBSD$
30  */
31 
32 #include <sys/types.h>
33 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
34 #include <errno.h>
35 #include <stdlib.h>
36 #include <string.h>
37 #include "libgeom.h"
38 
39 /*
40  * Amount of extra space we allocate to try and anticipate the size of
41  * confxml.
42  */
43 #define	GEOM_GETXML_SLACK	4096
44 
45 /*
46  * Number of times to retry in the face of the size of confxml exceeding
47  * that of our buffer.
48  */
49 #define	GEOM_GETXML_RETRIES	4
50 
51 char *
52 geom_getxml(void)
53 {
54 	char *p;
55 	size_t l = 0;
56 	int mib[3];
57 	size_t sizep;
58 	int retries;
59 
60 	sizep = sizeof(mib) / sizeof(*mib);
61 	if (sysctlnametomib("kern.geom.confxml", mib, &sizep) != 0)
62 		return (NULL);
63 	if (sysctl(mib, sizep, NULL, &l, NULL, 0) != 0)
64 		return (NULL);
65 	l += GEOM_GETXML_SLACK;
66 
67 	for (retries = 0; retries < GEOM_GETXML_RETRIES; retries++) {
68 		p = malloc(l);
69 		if (p == NULL)
70 			return (NULL);
71 		if (sysctl(mib, sizep, p, &l, NULL, 0) == 0)
72 			return (reallocf(p, strlen(p) + 1));
73 
74 		free(p);
75 
76 		if (errno != ENOMEM)
77 			return (NULL);
78 
79 		/*
80 		 * Our buffer wasn't big enough. Make it bigger and
81 		 * try again.
82 		 */
83 		l *= 2;
84 	}
85 
86 	return (NULL);
87 }
88