xref: /freebsd/lib/libgeom/geom_getxml.c (revision 91f764172e197c82efa97a66cfbc13d2c744b02b)
1 /*-
2  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-FreeBSD
3  *
4  * Copyright (c) 2003 Poul-Henning Kamp
5  * All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
9  * are met:
10  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
11  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
12  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
13  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
14  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
15  * 3. The names of the authors may not be used to endorse or promote
16  *    products derived from this software without specific prior written
17  *    permission.
18  *
19  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
20  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
21  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
22  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
23  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
24  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
25  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
26  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
27  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
28  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
29  * SUCH DAMAGE.
30  *
31  * $FreeBSD$
32  */
33 
34 #include <sys/types.h>
35 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
36 #include <errno.h>
37 #include <stdlib.h>
38 #include <string.h>
39 #include "libgeom.h"
40 
41 /*
42  * Amount of extra space we allocate to try and anticipate the size of
43  * confxml.
44  */
45 #define	GEOM_GETXML_SLACK	4096
46 
47 /*
48  * Number of times to retry in the face of the size of confxml exceeding
49  * that of our buffer.
50  */
51 #define	GEOM_GETXML_RETRIES	4
52 
53 char *
54 geom_getxml(void)
55 {
56 	char *p;
57 	size_t l = 0;
58 	int mib[3];
59 	size_t sizep;
60 	int retries;
61 
62 	sizep = sizeof(mib) / sizeof(*mib);
63 	if (sysctlnametomib("kern.geom.confxml", mib, &sizep) != 0)
64 		return (NULL);
65 	if (sysctl(mib, sizep, NULL, &l, NULL, 0) != 0)
66 		return (NULL);
67 	l += GEOM_GETXML_SLACK;
68 
69 	for (retries = 0; retries < GEOM_GETXML_RETRIES; retries++) {
70 		p = malloc(l);
71 		if (p == NULL)
72 			return (NULL);
73 		if (sysctl(mib, sizep, p, &l, NULL, 0) == 0)
74 			return (reallocf(p, strlen(p) + 1));
75 
76 		free(p);
77 
78 		if (errno != ENOMEM)
79 			return (NULL);
80 
81 		/*
82 		 * Our buffer wasn't big enough. Make it bigger and
83 		 * try again.
84 		 */
85 		l *= 2;
86 	}
87 
88 	return (NULL);
89 }
90