1 // Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef BASE_STRINGS_SAFE_SPRINTF_H_
6 #define BASE_STRINGS_SAFE_SPRINTF_H_
8 #include "build/build_config.h"
19 #include "base/base_export.h"
20 #include "base/basictypes.h"
26 // Define ssize_t inside of our namespace.
28 typedef __int64 ssize_t
;
34 // SafeSPrintf() is a type-safe and completely self-contained version of
37 // SafeSNPrintf() is an alternative function signature that can be used when
38 // not dealing with fixed-sized buffers. When possible, SafeSPrintf() should
39 // always be used instead of SafeSNPrintf()
41 // These functions allow for formatting complicated messages from contexts that
42 // require strict async-signal-safety. In fact, it is safe to call them from
43 // any low-level execution context, as they are guaranteed to make no library
44 // or system calls. It deliberately never touches "errno", either.
46 // The only exception to this rule is that in debug builds the code calls
47 // RAW_CHECK() to help diagnose problems when the format string does not
48 // match the rest of the arguments. In release builds, no CHECK()s are used,
49 // and SafeSPrintf() instead returns an output string that expands only
50 // those arguments that match their format characters. Mismatched arguments
53 // The code currently only supports a subset of format characters:
54 // %c, %o, %d, %x, %X, %p, and %s.
56 // SafeSPrintf() aims to be as liberal as reasonably possible. Integer-like
57 // values of arbitrary width can be passed to all of the format characters
58 // that expect integers. Thus, it is explicitly legal to pass an "int" to
59 // "%c", and output will automatically look at the LSB only. It is also
60 // explicitly legal to pass either signed or unsigned values, and the format
61 // characters will automatically interpret the arguments accordingly.
63 // It is still not legal to mix-and-match integer-like values with pointer
64 // values. For instance, you cannot pass a pointer to %x, nor can you pass an
67 // The one exception is "0" zero being accepted by "%p". This works-around
68 // the problem of C++ defining NULL as an integer-like value.
70 // All format characters take an optional width parameter. This must be a
71 // positive integer. For %d, %o, %x, %X and %p, if the width starts with
72 // a leading '0', padding is done with '0' instead of ' ' characters.
74 // There are a few features of snprintf()-style format strings, that
75 // SafeSPrintf() does not support at this time.
77 // If an actual user showed up, there is no particularly strong reason they
78 // couldn't be added. But that assumes that the trade-offs between complexity
79 // and utility are favorable.
81 // For example, adding support for negative padding widths, and for %n are all
82 // likely to be viewed positively. They are all clearly useful, low-risk, easy
83 // to test, don't jeopardize the async-signal-safety of the code, and overall
84 // have little impact on other parts of SafeSPrintf() function.
86 // On the other hands, adding support for alternate forms, positional
87 // arguments, grouping, wide characters, localization or floating point numbers
88 // are all unlikely to ever be added.
90 // SafeSPrintf() and SafeSNPrintf() mimic the behavior of snprintf() and they
91 // return the number of bytes needed to store the untruncated output. This
92 // does *not* include the terminating NUL byte.
94 // They return -1, iff a fatal error happened. This typically can only happen,
95 // if the buffer size is a) negative, or b) zero (i.e. not even the NUL byte
96 // can be written). The return value can never be larger than SSIZE_MAX-1.
97 // This ensures that the caller can always add one to the signed return code
98 // in order to determine the amount of storage that needs to be allocated.
100 // While the code supports type checking and while it is generally very careful
101 // to avoid printing incorrect values, it tends to be conservative in printing
102 // as much as possible, even when given incorrect parameters. Typically, in
103 // case of an error, the format string will not be expanded. (i.e. something
104 // like SafeSPrintf(buf, "%p %d", 1, 2) results in "%p 2"). See above for
105 // the use of RAW_CHECK() in debug builds, though.
109 // base::strings::SafeSPrintf(buf, "The answer: %2d", 42);
111 // Example with dynamically sized buffer (async-signal-safe). This code won't
112 // work on Visual studio, as it requires dynamically allocating arrays on the
113 // stack. Consider picking a smaller value for |kMaxSize| if stack size is
114 // limited and known. On the other hand, if the parameters to SafeSNPrintf()
115 // are trusted and not controllable by the user, you can consider eliminating
116 // the check for |kMaxSize| altogether. The current value of SSIZE_MAX is
117 // essentially a no-op that just illustrates how to implement an upper bound:
118 // const size_t kInitialSize = 128;
119 // const size_t kMaxSize = std::numeric_limits<ssize_t>::max();
120 // size_t size = kInitialSize;
123 // size = SafeSNPrintf(buf, size, "Error message \"%s\"\n", err) + 1;
124 // if (sizeof(buf) < kMaxSize && size > kMaxSize) {
127 // } else if (size > sizeof(buf))
129 // write(2, buf, size-1);
134 // Helpers that use C++ overloading, templates, and specializations to deduce
135 // and record type information from function arguments. This allows us to
136 // later write a type-safe version of snprintf().
139 enum Type
{ INT
, UINT
, STRING
, POINTER
};
141 // Any integer-like value.
142 Arg(signed char c
) : type(INT
) {
144 integer
.width
= sizeof(char);
146 Arg(unsigned char c
) : type(UINT
) {
148 integer
.width
= sizeof(char);
150 Arg(signed short j
) : type(INT
) {
152 integer
.width
= sizeof(short);
154 Arg(unsigned short j
) : type(UINT
) {
156 integer
.width
= sizeof(short);
158 Arg(signed int j
) : type(INT
) {
160 integer
.width
= sizeof(int);
162 Arg(unsigned int j
) : type(UINT
) {
164 integer
.width
= sizeof(int);
166 Arg(signed long j
) : type(INT
) {
168 integer
.width
= sizeof(long);
170 Arg(unsigned long j
) : type(UINT
) {
172 integer
.width
= sizeof(long);
174 Arg(signed long long j
) : type(INT
) {
176 integer
.width
= sizeof(long long);
178 Arg(unsigned long long j
) : type(UINT
) {
180 integer
.width
= sizeof(long long);
183 // A C-style text string.
184 Arg(const char* s
) : str(s
), type(STRING
) { }
185 Arg(char* s
) : str(s
), type(STRING
) { }
187 // Any pointer value that can be cast to a "void*".
188 template<class T
> Arg(T
* p
) : ptr((void*)p
), type(POINTER
) { }
191 // An integer-like value.
197 // A C-style text string.
200 // A pointer to an arbitrary object.
203 const enum Type type
;
206 // This is the internal function that performs the actual formatting of
207 // an snprintf()-style format string.
208 BASE_EXPORT ssize_t
SafeSNPrintf(char* buf
, size_t sz
, const char* fmt
,
209 const Arg
* args
, size_t max_args
);
212 // In debug builds, allow unit tests to artificially lower the kSSizeMax
213 // constant that is used as a hard upper-bound for all buffers. In normal
214 // use, this constant should always be std::numeric_limits<ssize_t>::max().
215 BASE_EXPORT
void SetSafeSPrintfSSizeMaxForTest(size_t max
);
216 BASE_EXPORT
size_t GetSafeSPrintfSSizeMaxForTest();
219 } // namespace internal
221 template<typename
... Args
>
222 ssize_t
SafeSNPrintf(char* buf
, size_t N
, const char* fmt
, Args
... args
) {
223 // Use Arg() object to record type information and then copy arguments to an
224 // array to make it easier to iterate over them.
225 const internal::Arg arg_array
[] = { args
... };
226 return internal::SafeSNPrintf(buf
, N
, fmt
, arg_array
, sizeof...(args
));
229 template<size_t N
, typename
... Args
>
230 ssize_t
SafeSPrintf(char (&buf
)[N
], const char* fmt
, Args
... args
) {
231 // Use Arg() object to record type information and then copy arguments to an
232 // array to make it easier to iterate over them.
233 const internal::Arg arg_array
[] = { args
... };
234 return internal::SafeSNPrintf(buf
, N
, fmt
, arg_array
, sizeof...(args
));
237 // Fast-path when we don't actually need to substitute any arguments.
238 BASE_EXPORT ssize_t
SafeSNPrintf(char* buf
, size_t N
, const char* fmt
);
240 inline ssize_t
SafeSPrintf(char (&buf
)[N
], const char* fmt
) {
241 return SafeSNPrintf(buf
, N
, fmt
);
244 } // namespace strings
247 #endif // BASE_STRINGS_SAFE_SPRINTF_H_