Rather, send them a patch to fix it.... what was I thinking. :)
In any event, don't break OpenOCD's perfectly acceptable code.
On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 02:28 -0800, Zach Welch wrote:
> The proper solution: tell the maintainers of your vsnprintf to improve
> their implementation! ;) --Z
>
> On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 02:20 -0800, Zach Welch wrote:
> > Do not apply. The old implementation was total crap, and your vsnprintf
> > implementation must be too. That's not our problem, and it can be
> > worked around without destroying the improvements for others.
> >
> > Use a single 'char' on the stack. One character should be enough.
> >
> > --Z
> >
> > On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 10:16 +0100, Øyvind Harboe wrote:
> > > Whether or not vsnprintf() allows NULL as pointer to destination
> > > string to calculate length depends on the implementation.
> > >
> > > Revert more efficient, but non-portable implementation.
> > >
> > > This reverts commit 338a674faa96ae321560efa3f1b1e8122d61aac4.
> > > ---
> > > src/helper/log.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> > > 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/src/helper/log.c b/src/helper/log.c
> > > index 3067ecc..f1aa6d7 100644
> > > --- a/src/helper/log.c
> > > +++ b/src/helper/log.c
> > > @@ -417,26 +417,37 @@ int log_remove_callback(log_callback_fn fn, void
> > > *priv)
> > > /* return allocated string w/printf() result */
> > > char *alloc_vprintf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
> > > {
> > > - va_list ap_copy;
> > > - int len;
> > > - char *string;
> > > + /* no buffer at the beginning, force realloc to do the job */
> > > + char *string = NULL;
> > >
> > > - /* determine the length of the buffer needed */
> > > - va_copy(ap_copy, ap);
> > > - len = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap_copy);
> > > - va_end(ap_copy);
> > > + /* start with buffer size suitable for typical messages */
> > > + int size = 128;
> > >
> > > - /* allocate and make room for terminating zero. */
> > > - /* FIXME: The old version always allocated at least one byte extra and
> > > - * other code depend on that. They should be probably be fixed, but for
> > > - * now reserve the extra byte. */
> > > - string = malloc(len + 2);
> > > - if (string == NULL)
> > > - return NULL;
> > > + for (;;)
> > > + {
> > > + char *t = string;
> > > + va_list ap_copy;
> > > + int ret;
> > > + string = realloc(string, size);
> > > + if (string == NULL)
> > > + {
> > > + if (t != NULL)
> > > + free(t);
> > > + return NULL;
> > > + }
> > >
> > > - /* do the real work */
> > > - vsnprintf(string, len + 1, fmt, ap);
> > > + va_copy(ap_copy, ap);
> > > +
> > > + ret = vsnprintf(string, size, fmt, ap_copy);
> > > + /* NB! The result of the vsnprintf() might be an *EMPTY*
> > > string! */
> > > + if ((ret >= 0) && ((ret + 1) < size))
> > > + break;
> > > +
> > > + /* there was just enough or not enough space, allocate more in
> > > the next round */
> > > + size *= 2; /* double the buffer size */
> > > + }
> > >
> > > + /* the returned buffer is by principle guaranteed to be at least one
> > > character longer */
> > > return string;
> > > }
> > >
> >
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