nuttx/lib/stdio/lib_avsprintf.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include "lib_internal.h"

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/****************************************************************************
 * Name: avsprintf
 *
 * Description:
 *   This function is similar to vsprintf, except that it dynamically
 *   allocates a string (as with malloc) to hold the output, instead of
 *   putting the output in a buffer you allocate in advance.  The ptr
 *   argument should be the address of a char * object, and a successful
 *   call to avsprintf stores a pointer to the newly allocated string at that
 *   location.
 *
 * Returned Value:
 *   The returned value is the number of characters allocated for the buffer,
 *   or less than zero if an error occurred. Usually this means that the buffer
 *   could not be allocated.
 *
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int avsprintf(FAR char **ptr, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
{
  struct lib_outstream_s nulloutstream;
  struct lib_memoutstream_s memoutstream;
  FAR char *buf;
  int nbytes;

  DEBUGASSERT(ptr && fmt);

  /* First, use a nullstream to get the size of the buffer.  The number
   * of bytes returned may or may not include the null terminator.
   */
  
  lib_nulloutstream(&nulloutstream);
  nbytes = lib_vsprintf((FAR struct lib_outstream_s *)&nulloutstream, fmt, ap);

  /* Then allocate a buffer to hold that number of characters, adding one
   * for the null terminator.
   */

  buf = (FAR char *)malloc(nulloutstream.nput + 1);
  if (!buf)
    {
      return ERROR;
    }

  /* Initialize a memory stream to write into the allocated buffer.  The
   * memory stream will reserve one byte at the end of the buffer for the
   * null terminator and will not report this in the number of output bytes.
   */

  lib_memoutstream((FAR struct lib_memoutstream_s *)&memoutstream,
                   buf, nulloutstream.nput + 1);

  /* Then let lib_vsprintf do it's real thing */

  nbytes = lib_vsprintf((FAR struct lib_outstream_s *)&memoutstream.public, fmt, ap);

  /* Return a pointer to the string to the caller.  NOTE: the memstream put()
   * method has already added the NUL terminator to the end of the string (not
   * included in the nput count).
   *
   * Hmmm.. looks like the memory would be stranded if lib_vsprintf() returned
   * an error.  Does that ever happen?
   */

  DEBUGASSERT(nbytes < 0 || nbytes == nulloutstream.nput);
  *ptr = buf;
  return nbytes;
}