xref: /illumos-gate/usr/src/lib/libc/port/print/asprintf.c (revision 4322dd90)
1 /*
2  * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
3  * Use is subject to license terms.
4  */
5 
6 /*
7  * Copyright (c) 2004 Darren Tucker.
8  * Copyright 2022 Oxide Computer Company
9  *
10  * Based originally on asprintf.c from OpenBSD:
11  * Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
12  *
13  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
14  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
15  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
16  *
17  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
18  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
19  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
20  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
21  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
22  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
23  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
24  */
25 
26 #include <lint.h>
27 #include <stdio.h>
28 #include <stdarg.h>
29 #include <stdlib.h>
30 #include <string.h>
31 #include <limits.h>
32 #include <errno.h>
33 
34 #define	INIT_SZ	128
35 
36 int
vasprintf(char ** str,const char * format,va_list ap)37 vasprintf(char **str, const char *format, va_list ap)
38 {
39 	char string[INIT_SZ];
40 	char *newstr;
41 	int ret;
42 	size_t len;
43 
44 	*str = NULL;
45 	ret = vsnprintf(string, INIT_SZ, format, ap);
46 	if (ret < 0)	/* retain the value of errno from vsnprintf() */
47 		return (-1);
48 	if (ret < INIT_SZ) {
49 		len = ret + 1;
50 		if ((newstr = malloc(len)) == NULL)
51 			return (-1);	/* retain errno from malloc() */
52 		/*
53 		 * Prior versions of this used strlcpy. This has two problems.
54 		 * One, it doesn't handle embedded '\0' characters. Secondly,
55 		 * it's recalculating the length we already know. Please do not
56 		 * use a string-based copying function.
57 		 */
58 		(void) memcpy(newstr, string, len);
59 		*str = newstr;
60 		return (ret);
61 	}
62 	/*
63 	 * We will perform this loop more than once only if some other
64 	 * thread modifies one of the vasprintf() arguments after our
65 	 * previous call to vsnprintf().
66 	 */
67 	for (;;) {
68 		if (ret == INT_MAX) {	/* Bad length */
69 			errno = ENOMEM;
70 			return (-1);
71 		}
72 		len = ret + 1;
73 		if ((newstr = malloc(len)) == NULL)
74 			return (-1);	/* retain errno from malloc() */
75 		ret = vsnprintf(newstr, len, format, ap);
76 		if (ret < 0) {		/* retain errno from vsnprintf() */
77 			free(newstr);
78 			return (-1);
79 		}
80 		if (ret < len) {
81 			*str = newstr;
82 			return (ret);
83 		}
84 		free(newstr);
85 	}
86 }
87 
88 int
asprintf(char ** str,const char * format,...)89 asprintf(char **str, const char *format, ...)
90 {
91 	va_list ap;
92 	int ret;
93 
94 	*str = NULL;
95 	va_start(ap, format);
96 	ret = vasprintf(str, format, ap);
97 	va_end(ap);
98 
99 	return (ret);
100 }
101