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28.Dd July 9, 2004
29.Dt SBUF 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm sbuf ,
33.Nm sbuf_new ,
34.Nm sbuf_clear ,
35.Nm sbuf_setpos ,
36.Nm sbuf_bcat ,
37.Nm sbuf_bcopyin ,
38.Nm sbuf_bcpy ,
39.Nm sbuf_cat ,
40.Nm sbuf_copyin ,
41.Nm sbuf_cpy ,
42.Nm sbuf_printf ,
43.Nm sbuf_vprintf ,
44.Nm sbuf_putc ,
45.Nm sbuf_trim ,
46.Nm sbuf_overflowed ,
47.Nm sbuf_finish ,
48.Nm sbuf_data ,
49.Nm sbuf_len ,
50.Nm sbuf_done ,
51.Nm sbuf_delete
52.Nd safe string formatting
53.Sh SYNOPSIS
54.In sys/types.h
55.In sys/sbuf.h
56.Ft struct sbuf *
57.Fn sbuf_new "struct sbuf *s" "char *buf" "int length" "int flags"
58.Ft void
59.Fn sbuf_clear "struct sbuf *s"
60.Ft int
61.Fn sbuf_setpos "struct sbuf *s" "int pos"
62.Ft int
63.Fn sbuf_bcat "struct sbuf *s" "const void *buf" "size_t len"
64.Ft int
65.Fn sbuf_bcopyin "struct sbuf *s" "const void *uaddr" "size_t len"
66.Ft int
67.Fn sbuf_bcpy "struct sbuf *s" "const void *buf" "size_t len"
68.Ft int
69.Fn sbuf_cat "struct sbuf *s" "const char *str"
70.Ft int
71.Fn sbuf_copyin "struct sbuf *s" "const void *uaddr" "size_t len"
72.Ft int
73.Fn sbuf_cpy "struct sbuf *s" "const char *str"
74.Ft int
75.Fn sbuf_printf "struct sbuf *s" "const char *fmt" "..."
76.Ft int
77.Fn sbuf_vprintf "struct sbuf *s" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
78.Ft int
79.Fn sbuf_putc "struct sbuf *s" "int c"
80.Ft int
81.Fn sbuf_trim "struct sbuf *s"
82.Ft int
83.Fn sbuf_overflowed "struct sbuf *s"
84.Ft void
85.Fn sbuf_finish "struct sbuf *s"
86.Ft char *
87.Fn sbuf_data "struct sbuf *s"
88.Ft int
89.Fn sbuf_len "struct sbuf *s"
90.Ft int
91.Fn sbuf_done "struct sbuf *s"
92.Ft void
93.Fn sbuf_delete "struct sbuf *s"
94.Sh DESCRIPTION
95The
96.Nm
97family of functions allows one to safely allocate, construct and
98release bounded null-terminated strings in kernel space.
99Instead of arrays of characters, these functions operate on structures
100called
101.Fa sbufs ,
102defined in
103.In sys/sbuf.h .
104.Pp
105The
106.Fn sbuf_new
107function initializes the
108.Fa sbuf
109pointed to by its first argument.
110If that pointer is
111.Dv NULL ,
112.Fn sbuf_new
113allocates a
114.Vt struct sbuf
115using
116.Xr malloc 9 .
117The
118.Fa buf
119argument is a pointer to a buffer in which to store the actual string;
120if it is
121.Dv NULL ,
122.Fn sbuf_new
123will allocate one using
124.Xr malloc 9 .
125The
126.Fa length
127is the initial size of the storage buffer.
128The fourth argument,
129.Fa flags ,
130may be comprised of the following flags:
131.Bl -tag -width ".Dv SBUF_AUTOEXTEND"
132.It Dv SBUF_FIXEDLEN
133The storage buffer is fixed at its initial size.
134Attempting to extend the sbuf beyond this size results in an overflow condition.
135.It Dv SBUF_AUTOEXTEND
136This indicates that the storage buffer may be extended as necessary, so long
137as resources allow, to hold additional data.
138.El
139.Pp
140Note that if
141.Fa buf
142is not
143.Dv NULL ,
144it must point to an array of at least
145.Fa length
146characters.
147The result of accessing that array directly while it is in use by the
148sbuf is undefined.
149.Pp
150The
151.Fn sbuf_delete
152function clears the
153.Fa sbuf
154and frees any memory allocated for it.
155There must be a call to
156.Fn sbuf_delete
157for every call to
158.Fn sbuf_new .
159Any attempt to access the sbuf after it has been deleted will fail.
160.Pp
161The
162.Fn sbuf_clear
163function invalidates the contents of the
164.Fa sbuf
165and resets its position to zero.
166.Pp
167The
168.Fn sbuf_setpos
169function sets the
170.Fa sbuf Ns 's
171end position to
172.Fa pos ,
173which is a value between zero and one less than the size of the
174storage buffer.
175This effectively truncates the sbuf at the new position.
176.Pp
177The
178.Fn sbuf_bcat
179function appends the first
180.Fa len
181bytes from the buffer
182.Fa buf
183to the
184.Fa sbuf .
185.Pp
186The
187.Fn sbuf_bcopyin
188function copies
189.Fa len
190bytes from the specified userland address into the
191.Fa sbuf .
192.Pp
193The
194.Fn sbuf_bcpy
195function replaces the contents of the
196.Fa sbuf
197with the first
198.Fa len
199bytes from the buffer
200.Fa buf .
201.Pp
202The
203.Fn sbuf_cat
204function appends the NUL-terminated string
205.Fa str
206to the
207.Fa sbuf
208at the current position.
209.Pp
210The
211.Fn sbuf_copyin
212function copies a NUL-terminated string from the specified userland
213address into the
214.Fa sbuf .
215If the
216.Fa len
217argument is non-zero, no more than
218.Fa len
219characters (not counting the terminating NUL) are copied; otherwise
220the entire string, or as much of it as can fit in the
221.Fa sbuf ,
222is copied.
223.Pp
224The
225.Fn sbuf_cpy
226function replaces the contents of the
227.Fa sbuf
228with those of the NUL-terminated string
229.Fa str .
230This is equivalent to calling
231.Fn sbuf_cat
232with a fresh
233.Fa sbuf
234or one which position has been reset to zero with
235.Fn sbuf_clear
236or
237.Fn sbuf_setpos .
238.Pp
239The
240.Fn sbuf_printf
241function formats its arguments according to the format string pointed
242to by
243.Fa fmt
244and appends the resulting string to the
245.Fa sbuf
246at the current position.
247.Pp
248The
249.Fn sbuf_vprintf
250function behaves the same as
251.Fn sbuf_printf
252except that the arguments are obtained from the variable-length argument list
253.Fa ap .
254.Pp
255The
256.Fn sbuf_putc
257function appends the character
258.Fa c
259to the
260.Fa sbuf
261at the current position.
262.Pp
263The
264.Fn sbuf_trim
265function removes trailing whitespace from the
266.Fa sbuf .
267.Pp
268The
269.Fn sbuf_overflowed
270function returns a non-zero value if the
271.Fa sbuf
272overflowed.
273.Pp
274The
275.Fn sbuf_finish
276function null-terminates the
277.Fa sbuf
278and marks it as finished, which means that it may no longer be
279modified using
280.Fn sbuf_setpos ,
281.Fn sbuf_cat ,
282.Fn sbuf_cpy ,
283.Fn sbuf_printf
284or
285.Fn sbuf_putc .
286.Pp
287The
288.Fn sbuf_data
289and
290.Fn sbuf_len
291functions return the actual string and its length, respectively;
292.Fn sbuf_data
293only works on a finished
294.Fa sbuf .
295.Fn sbuf_done
296returns non-zero if the sbuf is finished.
297.Sh NOTES
298If an operation caused an
299.Fa sbuf
300to overflow, most subsequent operations on it will fail until the
301.Fa sbuf
302is finished using
303.Fn sbuf_finish
304or reset using
305.Fn sbuf_clear ,
306or its position is reset to a value between 0 and one less than the
307size of its storage buffer using
308.Fn sbuf_setpos ,
309or it is reinitialized to a sufficiently short string using
310.Fn sbuf_cpy .
311.Sh RETURN VALUES
312The
313.Fn sbuf_new
314function returns
315.Dv NULL
316if it failed to allocate a storage buffer, and a pointer to the new
317.Fa sbuf
318otherwise.
319.Pp
320The
321.Fn sbuf_setpos
322function returns \-1 if
323.Fa pos
324was invalid, and zero otherwise.
325.Pp
326The
327.Fn sbuf_cat ,
328.Fn sbuf_cpy ,
329.Fn sbuf_printf ,
330.Fn sbuf_putc ,
331and
332.Fn sbuf_trim
333functions
334all return \-1 if the buffer overflowed, and zero otherwise.
335.Pp
336The
337.Fn sbuf_overflowed
338function
339returns a non-zero value if the buffer overflowed, and zero otherwise.
340.Pp
341The
342.Fn sbuf_data
343and
344.Fn sbuf_len
345functions return
346.Dv NULL
347and \-1, respectively, if the buffer overflowed.
348.Pp
349The
350.Fn sbuf_copyin
351function
352returns \-1 if copying string from userland failed, and number of bytes
353copied otherwise.
354.Sh SEE ALSO
355.Xr printf 3 ,
356.Xr strcat 3 ,
357.Xr strcpy 3 ,
358.Xr copyin 9 ,
359.Xr copyinstr 9 ,
360.Xr printf 9
361.Sh HISTORY
362The
363.Nm
364family of functions first appeared in
365.Fx 4.4 .
366.Sh AUTHORS
367.An -nosplit
368The
369.Nm
370family of functions was designed by
371.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq phk@FreeBSD.org
372and implemented by
373.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
374Additional improvements were suggested by
375.An Justin T. Gibbs Aq gibbs@FreeBSD.org .
376Auto-extend support added by
377.An Kelly Yancey Aq kbyanc@FreeBSD.org .
378.Pp
379This manual page was written by
380.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org .
381