xref: /openbsd/usr.sbin/tcpdump/savestr.c (revision 043fbe51)
1 /*	$OpenBSD: savestr.c,v 1.7 2009/10/27 23:59:57 deraadt Exp $	*/
2 
3 /*
4  * Copyright (c) 1997
5  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8  * modification, are permitted provided that: (1) source code distributions
9  * retain the above copyright notice and this paragraph in its entirety, (2)
10  * distributions including binary code include the above copyright notice and
11  * this paragraph in its entirety in the documentation or other materials
12  * provided with the distribution, and (3) all advertising materials mentioning
13  * features or use of this software display the following acknowledgement:
14  * ``This product includes software developed by the University of California,
15  * Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and its contributors.'' Neither the name of
16  * the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse
17  * or promote products derived from this software without specific prior
18  * written permission.
19  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
20  * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
21  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
22  */
23 
24 #include <sys/types.h>
25 
26 #include <stdio.h>
27 #include <stdlib.h>
28 #include <string.h>
29 
30 #include "gnuc.h"
31 #ifdef HAVE_OS_PROTO_H
32 #include "os-proto.h"
33 #endif
34 
35 #include "savestr.h"
36 
37 /* A replacement for strdup() that cuts down on malloc() overhead */
38 char *
39 savestr(register const char *str)
40 {
41 	register size_t size;
42 	register char *p;
43 	static char *strptr = NULL;
44 	static size_t strsize = 0;
45 
46 	size = strlen(str) + 1;
47 	if (size > strsize) {
48 		strsize = 1024;
49 		if (strsize < size)
50 			strsize = size;
51 		strptr = (char *)malloc(strsize);
52 		if (strptr == NULL) {
53 			fprintf(stderr, "savestr: malloc\n");
54 			exit(1);
55 		}
56 	}
57 	(void)strlcpy(strptr, str, size);
58 	p = strptr;
59 	strptr += size;
60 	strsize -= size;
61 	return (p);
62 }
63