xref: /freebsd/contrib/mandoc/compat_vasprintf.c (revision e0c4386e)
1 /* $Id: compat_vasprintf.c,v 1.4 2020/06/15 01:37:15 schwarze Exp $ */
2 /*
3  * Copyright (c) 2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
4  *
5  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
6  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
7  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
8  *
9  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
10  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
11  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
12  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
13  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
14  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
15  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
16  *
17  * This fallback implementation is not efficient:
18  * It does the formatting twice.
19  * Short of fiddling with the unknown internals of the system's
20  * printf(3) or completely reimplementing printf(3), i can't think
21  * of another portable solution.
22  */
23 #include "config.h"
24 
25 #include <stdarg.h>
26 #include <stdio.h>
27 #include <stdlib.h>
28 
29 int
30 vasprintf(char **ret, const char *format, va_list ap)
31 {
32 	char	 buf[2];
33 	va_list	 ap2;
34 	int	 sz;
35 
36 	va_copy(ap2, ap);
37 	sz = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), format, ap2);
38 	va_end(ap2);
39 
40 	if (sz != -1 && (*ret = malloc(sz + 1)) != NULL) {
41 		if (vsnprintf(*ret, sz + 1, format, ap) == sz)
42 			return sz;
43 		free(*ret);
44 	}
45 	*ret = NULL;
46 	return -1;
47 }
48