* gpg.texi (OpenPGP Key Management): Clarify setpref a bit.
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1 /* membuf.c - A simple implementation of a dynamic buffer
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20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdlib.h>
22 #include <errno.h>
24 #include "membuf.h"
26 #include "util.h"
29 /* A simple implementation of a dynamic buffer. Use init_membuf() to
30 create a buffer, put_membuf to append bytes and get_membuf to
31 release and return the buffer. Allocation errors are detected but
32 only returned at the final get_membuf(), this helps not to clutter
33 the code with out of core checks. */
35 void
36 init_membuf (membuf_t *mb, int initiallen)
38 mb->len = 0;
39 mb->size = initiallen;
40 mb->out_of_core = 0;
41 mb->buf = xtrymalloc (initiallen);
42 if (!mb->buf)
43 mb->out_of_core = errno;
46 /* Same as init_membuf but allocates the buffer in secure memory. */
47 void
48 init_membuf_secure (membuf_t *mb, int initiallen)
50 mb->len = 0;
51 mb->size = initiallen;
52 mb->out_of_core = 0;
53 mb->buf = xtrymalloc_secure (initiallen);
54 if (!mb->buf)
55 mb->out_of_core = errno;
59 void
60 put_membuf (membuf_t *mb, const void *buf, size_t len)
62 if (mb->out_of_core)
63 return;
65 if (mb->len + len >= mb->size)
67 char *p;
69 mb->size += len + 1024;
70 p = xtryrealloc (mb->buf, mb->size);
71 if (!p)
73 mb->out_of_core = errno ? errno : ENOMEM;
74 /* Wipe out what we already accumulated. This is required
75 in case we are storing sensitive data here. The membuf
76 API does not provide another way to cleanup after an
77 error. */
78 memset (mb->buf, 0, mb->len);
79 return;
81 mb->buf = p;
83 memcpy (mb->buf + mb->len, buf, len);
84 mb->len += len;
88 void
89 put_membuf_str (membuf_t *mb, const char *string)
91 put_membuf (mb, string, strlen (string));
95 void *
96 get_membuf (membuf_t *mb, size_t *len)
98 char *p;
100 if (mb->out_of_core)
102 xfree (mb->buf);
103 mb->buf = NULL;
104 errno = mb->out_of_core;
105 return NULL;
108 p = mb->buf;
109 if (len)
110 *len = mb->len;
111 mb->buf = NULL;
112 mb->out_of_core = ENOMEM; /* hack to make sure it won't get reused. */
113 return p;