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1 /* Read symbolic links into a buffer without size limitation, relative to fd.
3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2004, 2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation,
4 Inc.
6 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 /* Written by Paul Eggert, Bruno Haible, and Jim Meyering. */
21 #include <config.h>
23 #include "careadlinkat.h"
25 #include <errno.h>
26 #include <limits.h>
27 #include <stdlib.h>
28 #include <string.h>
29 #include <unistd.h>
31 /* Define this independently so that stdint.h is not a prerequisite. */
32 #ifndef SIZE_MAX
33 # define SIZE_MAX ((size_t) -1)
34 #endif
36 #ifndef SSIZE_MAX
37 # define SSIZE_MAX ((ssize_t) (SIZE_MAX / 2))
38 #endif
40 #include "allocator.h"
42 /* Get the symbolic link value of FILENAME and put it into BUFFER, with
43 size BUFFER_SIZE. This function acts like readlink but has
44 readlinkat's signature. */
45 ssize_t
46 careadlinkatcwd (int fd, char const *filename, char *buffer,
47 size_t buffer_size)
49 /* FD must be AT_FDCWD here, otherwise the caller is using this
50 function in contexts for which it was not meant for. */
51 if (fd != AT_FDCWD)
52 abort ();
53 return readlink (filename, buffer, buffer_size);
56 /* Assuming the current directory is FD, get the symbolic link value
57 of FILENAME as a null-terminated string and put it into a buffer.
58 If FD is AT_FDCWD, FILENAME is interpreted relative to the current
59 working directory, as in openat.
61 If the link is small enough to fit into BUFFER put it there.
62 BUFFER's size is BUFFER_SIZE, and BUFFER can be null
63 if BUFFER_SIZE is zero.
65 If the link is not small, put it into a dynamically allocated
66 buffer managed by ALLOC. It is the caller's responsibility to free
67 the returned value if it is nonnull and is not BUFFER. A null
68 ALLOC stands for the standard allocator.
70 The PREADLINKAT function specifies how to read links. It operates
71 like POSIX readlinkat()
72 <http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/readlink.html>
73 but can assume that its first argument is the same as FD.
75 If successful, return the buffer address; otherwise return NULL and
76 set errno. */
78 char *
79 careadlinkat (int fd, char const *filename,
80 char *buffer, size_t buffer_size,
81 struct allocator const *alloc,
82 ssize_t (*preadlinkat) (int, char const *, char *, size_t))
84 char *buf;
85 size_t buf_size;
86 size_t buf_size_max =
87 SSIZE_MAX < SIZE_MAX ? (size_t) SSIZE_MAX + 1 : SIZE_MAX;
88 char stack_buf[1024];
90 if (! alloc)
91 alloc = &stdlib_allocator;
93 if (! buffer_size)
95 /* Allocate the initial buffer on the stack. This way, in the
96 common case of a symlink of small size, we get away with a
97 single small malloc() instead of a big malloc() followed by a
98 shrinking realloc(). */
99 buffer = stack_buf;
100 buffer_size = sizeof stack_buf;
103 buf = buffer;
104 buf_size = buffer_size;
108 /* Attempt to read the link into the current buffer. */
109 ssize_t link_length = preadlinkat (fd, filename, buf, buf_size);
110 size_t link_size;
111 if (link_length < 0)
113 /* On AIX 5L v5.3 and HP-UX 11i v2 04/09, readlink returns -1
114 with errno == ERANGE if the buffer is too small. */
115 int readlinkat_errno = errno;
116 if (readlinkat_errno != ERANGE)
118 if (buf != buffer)
120 alloc->free (buf);
121 errno = readlinkat_errno;
123 return NULL;
127 link_size = link_length;
129 if (link_size < buf_size)
131 buf[link_size++] = '\0';
133 if (buf == stack_buf)
135 char *b = (char *) alloc->allocate (link_size);
136 buf_size = link_size;
137 if (! b)
138 break;
139 memcpy (b, buf, link_size);
140 buf = b;
142 else if (link_size < buf_size && buf != buffer && alloc->reallocate)
144 /* Shrink BUF before returning it. */
145 char *b = (char *) alloc->reallocate (buf, link_size);
146 if (b)
147 buf = b;
150 return buf;
153 if (buf != buffer)
154 alloc->free (buf);
156 if (buf_size <= buf_size_max / 2)
157 buf_size *= 2;
158 else if (buf_size < buf_size_max)
159 buf_size = buf_size_max;
160 else if (buf_size_max < SIZE_MAX)
162 errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
163 return NULL;
165 else
166 break;
167 buf = (char *) alloc->allocate (buf_size);
169 while (buf);
171 if (alloc->die)
172 alloc->die (buf_size);
173 errno = ENOMEM;
174 return NULL;