On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 02:50:12PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:05:37AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf escreveu: > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:44:21PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > > Em Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 10:18:14PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf escreveu: > > > > Introduce and use new astrcat() and astrcatf() functions which replace > > > > the strbuf functionality for subcmd. > > > > > > <SNIP> > > > > > > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/subcmd-util.h > > > > b/tools/perf/util/subcmd-util.h > > > > new file mode 100644 > > > > index 0000000..98fb9f9 > > > > --- /dev/null > > > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/subcmd-util.h > > > > @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ > > > > +#ifndef __PERF_SUBCMD_UTIL_H > > > > +#define __PERF_SUBCMD_UTIL_H > > > > + > > > > +#include <stdio.h> > > > > + > > > > +#define astrcatf(out, fmt, ...) > > > > \ > > > > +({ > > > > \ > > > > + char *tmp = *(out); > > > > \ > > > > + if (asprintf((out), "%s" fmt, tmp ?: "", ## __VA_ARGS__) == -1) > > > > \ > > > > + die("asprintf failed"); > > > > \ > > > > + free(tmp); > > > > \ > > > > +}) > > > > > > Hey, don't add die() calls, please. > > > > > > > + > > > > +static inline void astrcat(char **out, const char *add) > > > > +{ > > > > + char *tmp = *out; > > > > + > > > > + if (asprintf(out, "%s%s", tmp ?: "", add) == -1) > > > > + die("asprintf failed"); > > > > + > > > > + free(tmp); > > > > > > Ditto. > > > > This replaces strbuf, which also calls die() when allocations fail. So > > this duplicates the existing die-on-allocation-error functionality and > > is nothing "new" from my perspective. > > > > Do you want me to change all the callers (and callers' callers, etc) of > > these functions to check for errors? > > Fair enough, we could do it later, but yeah, ultimately we should call > all die() calls. > > > > And I think that this should go into tools/include/string.h and > > > tools/lib/string.c, no? > > > > If these functions simply duplicate some of strbuf's functionality and > > they aren't used outside of libsubcmd then I don't see any reason to do > > that. > > Well, we might as well follow that principle, i.e. as soon as there are > more users, we move it. > > But removing strbuf and using something already in libc or something > equal or slighly similar to what is in the kernel is something I like to > have in place.
Ok, so just to clarify, is this patch ok in it's current state or is there anything you'd like me to change for v4? I didn't see anything similar to astrcat() or astrcatf() in glibc or in the kernel. > > > We should try to look at the kernel and try to follow naming, semantics, > > > etc as much as possible. The kernel doesn't have a astrcat, just > > > kasprintf() (that is in linux/kernel.h, perhaps because in userland > > > asprintf is in stdio.h, not in string.h) , wonder how something like > > > astrcat is done there... Doing some research now. > > > > Ok. -- Josh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/