xref: /openbsd/usr.sbin/tcpdump/savestr.c (revision cf4e9b47)
1 /*	$OpenBSD: savestr.c,v 1.3 2000/10/03 14:31:59 ho 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 #ifndef lint
25 static const char rcsid[] =
26     "@(#) $Header: /home/cvs/src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/savestr.c,v 1.3 2000/10/03 14:31:59 ho Exp $ (LBL)";
27 #endif
28 
29 #include <sys/types.h>
30 
31 #include <stdio.h>
32 #include <stdlib.h>
33 #include <string.h>
34 
35 #include "gnuc.h"
36 #ifdef HAVE_OS_PROTO_H
37 #include "os-proto.h"
38 #endif
39 
40 #include "savestr.h"
41 
42 /* A replacement for strdup() that cuts down on malloc() overhead */
43 char *
44 savestr(register const char *str)
45 {
46 	register u_int size;
47 	register char *p;
48 	static char *strptr = NULL;
49 	static u_int strsize = 0;
50 
51 	size = strlen(str) + 1;
52 	if (size > strsize) {
53 		strsize = 1024;
54 		if (strsize < size)
55 			strsize = size;
56 		strptr = (char *)malloc(strsize);
57 		if (strptr == NULL) {
58 			fprintf(stderr, "savestr: malloc\n");
59 			exit(1);
60 		}
61 	}
62 	(void)strcpy(strptr, str);
63 	p = strptr;
64 	strptr += size;
65 	strsize -= size;
66 	return (p);
67 }
68