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-rw-r--r--src/libmdsserver/util.c33
-rw-r--r--src/libmdsserver/util.h7
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/libmdsserver/util.c b/src/libmdsserver/util.c
index 66edf16..ed3664b 100644
--- a/src/libmdsserver/util.c
+++ b/src/libmdsserver/util.c
@@ -263,28 +263,31 @@ int full_write(int fd, const char* buffer, size_t length)
/**
* Read a file completly and ignore interruptions
*
- * @param fd The file descriptor
- * @return The content of the file, you will need to free it. `NULL` on error.
+ * @param fd The file descriptor
+ * @param length Output parameter for the length of the file, may be `NULL`
+ * @return The content of the file, you will need to free it. `NULL` on error.
*/
-char* full_read(int fd)
+char* full_read(int fd, size_t* length)
{
- size_t state_buf_size = 8 << 10;
- size_t state_buf_ptr = 0;
- char* state_buf;
+ size_t buffer_size = 8 << 10;
+ size_t buffer_ptr = 0;
+ char* buffer;
ssize_t got;
+ if (length != NULL)
+ *length = 0;
/* Allocate buffer for data. */
- if (xmalloc(state_buf, state_buf_size, char))
+ if (xmalloc(buffer, buffer_size, char))
return NULL;
/* Read the file. */
for (;;)
{
/* Grow buffer if it is too small. */
- if (state_buf_size == state_buf_ptr)
+ if (buffer_size == buffer_ptr)
{
- char* old_buf = state_buf;
- if (xrealloc(state_buf, state_buf_size <<= 1, char))
+ char* old_buf = buffer;
+ if (xrealloc(buffer, buffer_size <<= 1, char))
{
free(old_buf);
return NULL;
@@ -292,18 +295,20 @@ char* full_read(int fd)
}
/* Read from the file into the buffer. */
- got = read(fd, state_buf + state_buf_ptr, state_buf_size - state_buf_ptr);
+ got = read(fd, buffer + buffer_ptr, buffer_size - buffer_ptr);
if ((got < 0) && (errno != EINTR))
{
- free(state_buf);
+ free(buffer);
return NULL;
}
if (got == 0)
break;
- state_buf_ptr += (size_t)got;
+ buffer_ptr += (size_t)got;
}
- return state_buf;
+ if (length != NULL)
+ *length = buffer_ptr;
+ return buffer;
}
diff --git a/src/libmdsserver/util.h b/src/libmdsserver/util.h
index 30b2139..77fdf4b 100644
--- a/src/libmdsserver/util.h
+++ b/src/libmdsserver/util.h
@@ -121,10 +121,11 @@ int full_write(int fd, const char* buffer, size_t length);
/**
* Read a file completly and ignore interruptions
*
- * @param fd The file descriptor
- * @return The content of the file, you will need to free it. `NULL` on error.
+ * @param fd The file descriptor
+ * @param length Output parameter for the length of the file, may be `NULL`
+ * @return The content of the file, you will need to free it. `NULL` on error.
*/
-char* full_read(int fd);
+char* full_read(int fd, size_t* length);
/**
* Check whether a string begins with a specific string,