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[PATCH] Rework strbuf API and semantics.

From
Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
Date
Sep 4, 2007, 08:47 UTC
Message-ID
<11888956802504-git-send-email-madcoder@debian.org>
In-Reply-To
<buobqcjrycl.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
  A strbuf can be used to store byte arrays, or as an extended string
library. The `buf' member can be passed to any C legacy string function,
because strbuf operations always ensure there is a terminating \0 at the end
of the buffer, not accounted in the `len' field of the structure.
  A strbuf can be used to generate a string/buffer whose final size is not
really known, and then "strbuf_detach" can be used to get the built buffer,
and keep the wrapping "strbuf" structure usable for further work again.
  Other interesting feature: buffer_ensure(sb, size) ensure that there is
enough allocated space in `sb' to put `size' new octets of data in the
buffer. It helps avoiding reallocating data for nothing when the problem the
strbuf helps to solve has a known typical size.
Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
---
 archive-tar.c |   65 +++++++++++++---------------------------------------
 fast-import.c |   24 +++++++++---------
 mktree.c      |    4 +--
 strbuf.c      |   71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 strbuf.h      |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)
diff --git a/archive-tar.c b/archive-tar.c
index 66fe3e3..ccdd7d5 100644
--- a/archive-tar.c
+++ b/archive-tar.c
@@ -78,19 +78,6 @@ static void write_trailer(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static void strbuf_append_string(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s)
-{
-	int slen = strlen(s);
-	int total = sb->len + slen;
-	if (total + 1 > sb->alloc) {
-		sb->buf = xrealloc(sb->buf, total + 1);
-		sb->alloc = total + 1;
-	}
-	memcpy(sb->buf + sb->len, s, slen);
-	sb->len = total;
-	sb->buf[total] = '\0';
-}
-
 /*
  * pax extended header records have the format "%u %s=%s\n".  %u contains
  * the size of the whole string (including the %u), the first %s is the
@@ -100,26 +87,17 @@ static void strbuf_append_string(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s)
 static void strbuf_append_ext_header(struct strbuf *sb, const char *keyword,
                                      const char *value, unsigned int valuelen)
 {
-	char *p;
-	int len, total, tmp;
+	int len, tmp;
 
 	/* "%u %s=%s\n" */
 	len = 1 + 1 + strlen(keyword) + 1 + valuelen + 1;
 	for (tmp = len; tmp > 9; tmp /= 10)
 		len++;
 
-	total = sb->len + len;
-	if (total > sb->alloc) {
-		sb->buf = xrealloc(sb->buf, total);
-		sb->alloc = total;
-	}
-
-	p = sb->buf;
-	p += sprintf(p, "%u %s=", len, keyword);
-	memcpy(p, value, valuelen);
-	p += valuelen;
-	*p = '\n';
-	sb->len = total;
+	strbuf_ensure(sb, len);
+	strbuf_addf(sb, "%u %s=", len, keyword);
+	strbuf_add(sb, value, valuelen);
+	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 }
 
 static unsigned int ustar_header_chksum(const struct ustar_header *header)
@@ -153,8 +131,7 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 	struct strbuf ext_header;
 
 	memset(&header, 0, sizeof(header));
-	ext_header.buf = NULL;
-	ext_header.len = ext_header.alloc = 0;
+	strbuf_init(&ext_header);
 
 	if (!sha1) {
 		*header.typeflag = TYPEFLAG_GLOBAL_HEADER;
@@ -225,8 +202,8 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 
 	if (ext_header.len > 0) {
 		write_entry(sha1, NULL, 0, ext_header.buf, ext_header.len);
-		free(ext_header.buf);
 	}
+	strbuf_wipe(&ext_header);
 	write_blocked(&header, sizeof(header));
 	if (S_ISREG(mode) && buffer && size > 0)
 		write_blocked(buffer, size);
@@ -235,11 +212,11 @@ static void write_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct strbuf *path,
 static void write_global_extended_header(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct strbuf ext_header;
-	ext_header.buf = NULL;
-	ext_header.len = ext_header.alloc = 0;
+
+	strbuf_init(&ext_header);
 	strbuf_append_ext_header(&ext_header, "comment", sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
 	write_entry(NULL, NULL, 0, ext_header.buf, ext_header.len);
-	free(ext_header.buf);
+	strbuf_wipe(&ext_header);
 }
 
 static int git_tar_config(const char *var, const char *value)
@@ -260,28 +237,18 @@ static int write_tar_entry(const unsigned char *sha1,
                            const char *base, int baselen,
                            const char *filename, unsigned mode, int stage)
 {
-	static struct strbuf path;
+	static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int filenamelen = strlen(filename);
 	void *buffer;
 	enum object_type type;
 	unsigned long size;
 
-	if (!path.alloc) {
-		path.buf = xmalloc(PATH_MAX);
-		path.alloc = PATH_MAX;
-		path.len = path.eof = 0;
-	}
-	if (path.alloc < baselen + filenamelen + 1) {
-		free(path.buf);
-		path.buf = xmalloc(baselen + filenamelen + 1);
-		path.alloc = baselen + filenamelen + 1;
-	}
-	memcpy(path.buf, base, baselen);
-	memcpy(path.buf + baselen, filename, filenamelen);
-	path.len = baselen + filenamelen;
-	path.buf[path.len] = '\0';
+	strbuf_ensure(&path, MAX(PATH_MAX, baselen + filenamelen + 1));
+	strbuf_reset(&path);
+	strbuf_add(&path, base, baselen);
+	strbuf_add(&path, filename, filenamelen);
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
-		strbuf_append_string(&path, "/");
+		strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
 		buffer = NULL;
 		size = 0;
 	} else {
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 078079d..ab3927b 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ static struct tag *last_tag;
 
 /* Input stream parsing */
 static whenspec_type whenspec = WHENSPEC_RAW;
-static struct strbuf command_buf;
+static struct strbuf command_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 static int unread_command_buf;
 static struct recent_command cmd_hist = {&cmd_hist, &cmd_hist, NULL};
 static struct recent_command *cmd_tail = &cmd_hist;
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ static void read_next_command(void)
 		} else {
 			struct recent_command *rc;
 
-			command_buf.buf = NULL;
+			strbuf_detach(&command_buf);
 			read_line(&command_buf, stdin, '\n');
 			if (command_buf.eof)
 				return;
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ static void read_next_command(void)
 				free(rc->buf);
 			}
 
-			rc->buf = command_buf.buf;
+			rc->buf  = command_buf.buf;
 			rc->prev = cmd_tail;
 			rc->next = cmd_hist.prev;
 			rc->prev->next = rc;
@@ -1649,7 +1649,9 @@ static void *cmd_data (size_t *size)
 		size_t sz = 8192, term_len = command_buf.len - 5 - 2;
 		length = 0;
 		buffer = xmalloc(sz);
-		command_buf.buf = NULL;
+
+		/* XXX possible memory leak ? */
+		strbuf_detach(&command_buf);
 		for (;;) {
 			read_line(&command_buf, stdin, '\n');
 			if (command_buf.eof)
@@ -1657,11 +1659,9 @@ static void *cmd_data (size_t *size)
 			if (term_len == command_buf.len
 				&& !strcmp(term, command_buf.buf))
 				break;
-			ALLOC_GROW(buffer, length + command_buf.len, sz);
-			memcpy(buffer + length,
-				command_buf.buf,
-				command_buf.len - 1);
-			length += command_buf.len - 1;
+			ALLOC_GROW(buffer, length + command_buf.len + 1, sz);
+			memcpy(buffer + length, command_buf.buf, command_buf.len);
+			length += command_buf.len;
 			buffer[length++] = '\n';
 		}
 		free(term);
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ static void cmd_new_commit(void)
 	}
 
 	/* file_change* */
-	while (!command_buf.eof && command_buf.len > 1) {
+	while (!command_buf.eof && command_buf.len > 0) {
 		if (!prefixcmp(command_buf.buf, "M "))
 			file_change_m(b);
 		else if (!prefixcmp(command_buf.buf, "D "))
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ static void cmd_reset_branch(void)
 	else
 		b = new_branch(sp);
 	read_next_command();
-	if (!cmd_from(b) && command_buf.len > 1)
+	if (!cmd_from(b) && command_buf.len > 0)
 		unread_command_buf = 1;
 }
 
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ static void cmd_checkpoint(void)
 
 static void cmd_progress(void)
 {
-	fwrite(command_buf.buf, 1, command_buf.len - 1, stdout);
+	fwrite(command_buf.buf, 1, command_buf.len, stdout);
 	fputc('\n', stdout);
 	fflush(stdout);
 	skip_optional_lf();
diff --git a/mktree.c b/mktree.c
index d86dde8..86de5eb 100644
--- a/mktree.c
+++ b/mktree.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	strbuf_init(&sb);
 	while (1) {
-		int len;
 		char *ptr, *ntr;
 		unsigned mode;
 		enum object_type type;
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		read_line(&sb, stdin, line_termination);
 		if (sb.eof)
 			break;
-		len = sb.len;
 		ptr = sb.buf;
 		/* Input is non-recursive ls-tree output format
 		 * mode SP type SP sha1 TAB name
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 			die("input format error: %s", sb.buf);
 		ptr = ntr + 1; /* type */
 		ntr = strchr(ptr, ' ');
-		if (!ntr || sb.buf + len <= ntr + 41 ||
+		if (!ntr || sb.buf + sb.len <= ntr + 40 ||
 		    ntr[41] != '\t' ||
 		    get_sha1_hex(ntr + 1, sha1))
 			die("input format error: %s", sb.buf);
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index e33d06b..86d5965 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -2,40 +2,83 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *sb) {
-	sb->buf = NULL;
-	sb->eof = sb->alloc = sb->len = 0;
+	memset(sb, 0, sizeof(*sb));
 }
 
-static void strbuf_begin(struct strbuf *sb) {
+void strbuf_wipe(struct strbuf *sb) {
 	free(sb->buf);
-	strbuf_init(sb);
+	memset(sb, 0, sizeof(*sb));
 }
 
-static void inline strbuf_add(struct strbuf *sb, int ch) {
-	if (sb->alloc <= sb->len) {
-		sb->alloc = sb->alloc * 3 / 2 + 16;
+void strbuf_reset(struct strbuf *sb) {
+	if (sb->len)
+		sb->buf[sb->len = 0] = '\0';
+}
+
+char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *sb) {
+    char *res = sb->buf;
+    strbuf_init(sb);
+    return res;
+}
+
+void strbuf_ensure(struct strbuf *sb, int extra) {
+	if (sb->len + extra >= sb->alloc) {
+		while (sb->len + extra >= sb->alloc)
+			sb->alloc = sb->alloc * 3 / 2 + 16;
 		sb->buf = xrealloc(sb->buf, sb->alloc);
 	}
-	sb->buf[sb->len++] = ch;
 }
 
-static void strbuf_end(struct strbuf *sb) {
-	strbuf_add(sb, 0);
+void strbuf_add(struct strbuf *sb, const void *data, int len) {
+	strbuf_ensure(sb, len);
+	memcpy(sb->buf + sb->len, data, len);
+	sb->len += len;
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+}
+
+void strbuf_addvf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	int len;
+	va_list ap2;
+
+	va_copy(ap2, ap);
+
+	len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
+	if (len < 0) {
+		len = 0;
+	}
+	if (len >= sb->alloc - sb->len) {
+		strbuf_ensure(sb, len);
+		len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap2);
+		if (len >= sb->alloc - sb->len) {
+			len = sb->alloc - sb->len - 1;
+		}
+	}
+	sb->len = sb->len + len;
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
 }
 
 void read_line(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term) {
 	int ch;
-	strbuf_begin(sb);
 	if (feof(fp)) {
+		strbuf_wipe(sb);
 		sb->eof = 1;
 		return;
 	}
+
+	strbuf_reset(sb);
 	while ((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
 		if (ch == term)
 			break;
-		strbuf_add(sb, ch);
+		strbuf_ensure(sb, 1);
+		sb->buf[sb->len++] = ch;
 	}
-	if (ch == EOF && sb->len == 0)
+	if (ch == EOF && sb->len == 0) {
+		strbuf_wipe(sb);
 		sb->eof = 1;
-	strbuf_end(sb);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_ensure(sb, 1);
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
 }
+
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index 74cc012..ee72419 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -7,7 +7,41 @@ struct strbuf {
 	char *buf;
 };
 
+#define STRBUF_INIT  { 0, 0, 0, NULL }
+
+/* strbuf life cycle */
 extern void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *);
+extern void strbuf_wipe(struct strbuf *);
+extern void strbuf_reset(struct strbuf *);
+extern char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *);
+
+
+extern void strbuf_ensure(struct strbuf *, int);
+extern void strbuf_add(struct strbuf *, const void *data, int len);
+
+static inline void strbuf_addstr(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s) {
+	strbuf_add(sb, s, strlen(s));
+}
+static inline void strbuf_addbuf(struct strbuf *sb, struct strbuf *sb2) {
+	strbuf_add(sb, sb2->buf, sb2->len);
+}
+static inline void strbuf_addch(struct strbuf *sb, int c) {
+	strbuf_ensure(sb, 1);
+	sb->buf[sb->len++] = c;
+	sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+}
+
+__attribute__((format(printf,2,0)))
+extern void strbuf_addvf(struct strbuf *, const char *, va_list);
+
+static inline __attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
+void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...) {
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	strbuf_addvf(sb, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
 extern void read_line(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
 
 #endif /* STRBUF_H */
-- 
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  1. Pierre HabouzitSep 2, 2007
  2. Johan HerlandSep 3, 2007
  3. Pierre HabouzitSep 3, 2007
  4. Miles BaderSep 4, 2007
  5. strbuf new semantics, let's give it a tryPierre Habouzit, Sep 4, 2007
  6. Rework strbuf API and semantics.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 4, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 4, 2007
  8. Pierre HabouzitSep 4, 2007
  9. Andreas EricssonSep 4, 2007
  10. Rework strbuf API and semantics.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 4, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinSep 4, 2007
  12. Pierre HabouzitSep 4, 2007
  13. Wincent ColaiutaSep 4, 2007
  14. Simplify strbuf uses in fast-import.c using the proper functions.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 4, 2007
  15. René ScharfeSep 4, 2007
  16. René ScharfeSep 4, 2007
  17. Pierre HabouzitSep 5, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2007
  19. Pierre HabouzitSep 5, 2007
  20. Rework strbuf API and semantics.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  21. Simplify strbuf uses in archive-tar.c using the proper functions.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  22. Simplify strbuf uses in fast-import.c using the proper functions.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  23. Use proper strbuf API, and also simplify cmd_data code.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  24. Simplify write_tree using strbuf's.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  25. Further strbuf re-engineering.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  26. Eradicate yet-another-buffer implementation in buitin-rerere.cPierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  27. More strbuf uses in cache-tree.c.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 5, 2007
  28. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2007
  29. Pierre HabouzitSep 5, 2007
  30. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2007
  31. Pierre HabouzitSep 19, 2007
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2007
  33. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2007
  35. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  36. Use proper strbuf API, and also simplify cmd_data code.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 4, 2007
  37. Miles BaderSep 5, 2007
  38. Add strbuf_fread, use it in fast-import.c.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 4, 2007
  39. Matthieu MoySep 3, 2007
  40. Pierre HabouzitSep 3, 2007
  41. Matthieu MoySep 3, 2007
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2007
  43. Pierre HabouzitSep 3, 2007
  44. Johannes SchindelinSep 3, 2007
  45. strbuf new API, take 2 for inclusionPierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  46. 1/7 Rework strbuf API and semantics.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  47. 2/7 Simplify strbuf uses in archive-tar.c using the proper functions.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  48. 3/7 Use proper strbuf API, and also simplify cmd_data code.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  49. 4/7 Simplify write_tree using strbuf's.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  50. 5/7 Further strbuf re-engineering.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  51. 6/7 Eradicate yet-another-buffer implementation in buitin-rerere.cPierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  52. 7/7 More strbuf uses in cache-tree.c.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 6, 2007
  53. Johannes SchindelinSep 6, 2007
  54. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  55. David KastrupSep 6, 2007
  56. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  57. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2007
  58. Pierre HabouzitSep 7, 2007
  59. Kristian HøgsbergSep 6, 2007
  60. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  61. Kristian HøgsbergSep 6, 2007
  62. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  63. René ScharfeSep 6, 2007
  64. Johannes SchindelinSep 6, 2007
  65. Jeff KingSep 6, 2007
  66. David KastrupSep 6, 2007
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  69. Jeff KingSep 6, 2007
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  71. Johannes SixtSep 6, 2007
  72. David KastrupSep 6, 2007
  73. Jeff KingSep 6, 2007
  74. Kristian HøgsbergSep 6, 2007
  75. Jeff KingSep 6, 2007
  76. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  77. Jeff KingSep 6, 2007
  78. Pierre HabouzitSep 6, 2007
  79. Use strbufs in commit.c (pretty printing)Pierre Habouzit, Sep 8, 2007
  80. 1/3 Add strbuf_rtrim (to remove trailing spaces).Pierre Habouzit, Sep 8, 2007
  81. 2/3 Change semantics of interpolate to work like snprintf.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 8, 2007
  82. 3/3 Rework pretty_print_commit to use strbufs instead of custom buffers.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 8, 2007
  83. David KastrupSep 8, 2007
  84. Pierre HabouzitSep 8, 2007
  85. Pierre HabouzitSep 8, 2007
  86. René ScharfeSep 8, 2007
  87. Pierre HabouzitSep 8, 2007
  88. René ScharfeSep 8, 2007
  89. Pierre HabouzitSep 8, 2007
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