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areadlinkat: new module
* lib/at-func.c (FUNC_FAIL): New define.
(AT_FUNC_NAME, VALIDATE_FLAG): Use it rather than raw -1.
* modules/areadlinkat: New module.
* lib/linkat.c (areadlinkat): Move...
* lib/areadlinkat.c (areadlinkat): ...to new file.
* lib/areadlink.h (areadlinkat): Declare it.
* modules/linkat (Depends-on): Add areadlinkat.
* MODULES.html.sh (File system functions): Mention it.
* modules/areadlinkat-tests: New test.
* tests/test-areadlinkat.c: New file.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> |
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date | Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:15:33 -0600 |
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children | 66ce99c59da1 |
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/* areadlink.c -- readlink wrapper to return the link name in malloc'd storage Unlike xreadlinkat, only call exit on failure to change directory. Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ /* Written by Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>, and Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, and Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>. */ #include <config.h> /* Specification. */ #include "areadlink.h" #include <string.h> #include <errno.h> #include <limits.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #ifndef SSIZE_MAX # define SSIZE_MAX ((ssize_t) (SIZE_MAX / 2)) #endif #if HAVE_READLINKAT /* Call readlinkat to get the symbolic link value of FILENAME relative to FD. Return a pointer to that NUL-terminated string in malloc'd storage. If readlinkat fails, return NULL and set errno (although failure to change directory will issue a diagnostic and exit). If realloc fails, or if the link value is longer than SIZE_MAX :-), return NULL and set errno to ENOMEM. */ char * areadlinkat (int fd, char const *filename) { /* The initial buffer size for the link value. A power of 2 detects arithmetic overflow earlier, but is not required. */ # define INITIAL_BUF_SIZE 1024 /* Allocate the initial buffer on the stack. This way, in the common case of a symlink of small size, we get away with a single small malloc() instead of a big malloc() followed by a shrinking realloc(). */ char initial_buf[INITIAL_BUF_SIZE]; char *buffer = initial_buf; size_t buf_size = sizeof (initial_buf); while (1) { /* Attempt to read the link into the current buffer. */ ssize_t link_length = readlinkat (fd, filename, buffer, buf_size); /* On AIX 5L v5.3 and HP-UX 11i v2 04/09, readlink returns -1 with errno == ERANGE if the buffer is too small. */ if (link_length < 0 && errno != ERANGE) { if (buffer != initial_buf) { int saved_errno = errno; free (buffer); errno = saved_errno; } return NULL; } if ((size_t) link_length < buf_size) { buffer[link_length++] = '\0'; /* Return it in a chunk of memory as small as possible. */ if (buffer == initial_buf) { buffer = (char *) malloc (link_length); if (buffer == NULL) /* errno is ENOMEM. */ return NULL; memcpy (buffer, initial_buf, link_length); } else { /* Shrink buffer before returning it. */ if ((size_t) link_length < buf_size) { char *smaller_buffer = (char *) realloc (buffer, link_length); if (smaller_buffer != NULL) buffer = smaller_buffer; } } return buffer; } if (buffer != initial_buf) free (buffer); buf_size *= 2; if (SSIZE_MAX < buf_size || (SIZE_MAX / 2 < SSIZE_MAX && buf_size == 0)) { errno = ENOMEM; return NULL; } buffer = (char *) malloc (buf_size); if (buffer == NULL) /* errno is ENOMEM. */ return NULL; } } #else /* !HAVE_READLINKAT */ /* It is more efficient to change directories only once and call areadlink, rather than repeatedly call the replacement readlinkat. */ # define AT_FUNC_NAME areadlinkat # define AT_FUNC_F1 areadlink # define AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_PARAM_DECLS /* empty */ # define AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_ARGS /* empty */ # define AT_FUNC_RESULT char * # define AT_FUNC_FAIL NULL # include "at-func.c" # undef AT_FUNC_NAME # undef AT_FUNC_F1 # undef AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_PARAM_DECLS # undef AT_FUNC_POST_FILE_ARGS # undef AT_FUNC_RESULT # undef AT_FUNC_FAIL #endif /* !HAVE_READLINKAT */