[PATCH] logging: always NUL-terminate circular buffer

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* src/util/logging.c (virLogStartup, virLogSetBufferSize):
Over-allocate, so that a debugger can just print the circular
buffer.  Suggested by Daniel Veillard.
---

> > I see two ways to do things - either malloc an extra byte (which will
> > always be NUL from the malloc, so deleting 'virLogBuffer[virLogSize] =
> > 0' is still okay), or by touching the rest of the code to always leave
> > virLogBuffer[virLogSize-1] as NUL (more invasive, and caps the useful
> > log to virLogSize-1).  Do you want me to prepare a followup patch, and
> > if so, for which of those two options?
> 
> it's really a minor issue, malloc'ing an extra byte sounds fine to me.

 src/util/logging.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/logging.c b/src/util/logging.c
index f4910ad..48c0cfd 100644
--- a/src/util/logging.c
+++ b/src/util/logging.c
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ int virLogStartup(void) {

     virLogInitialized = 1;
     virLogLock();
-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(virLogBuffer, virLogSize) < 0) {
+    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(virLogBuffer, virLogSize + 1) < 0) {
         /*
          * The debug buffer is not a critical component, allow startup
          * even in case of failure to allocate it in case of a
          * configuration mistake.
          */
         virLogSize = 64 * 1024;
-        if (VIR_ALLOC_N(virLogBuffer, virLogSize) < 0) {
+        if (VIR_ALLOC_N(virLogBuffer, virLogSize + 1) < 0) {
             pbm = "Failed to allocate debug buffer: deactivating debug log\n";
             virLogSize = 0;
         } else {
@@ -249,14 +249,14 @@ virLogSetBufferSize(int size) {
     oldsize = virLogSize;
     oldLogBuffer = virLogBuffer;

-    if (INT_MAX / 1024 < size) {
+    if (INT_MAX / 1024 <= size) {
         pbm = "Requested log size of %d kB too large\n";
         ret = -1;
         goto error;
     }

     virLogSize = size * 1024;
-    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(virLogBuffer, virLogSize) < 0) {
+    if (VIR_ALLOC_N(virLogBuffer, virLogSize + 1) < 0) {
         pbm = "Failed to allocate debug buffer of %d kB\n";
         virLogBuffer = oldLogBuffer;
         virLogSize = oldsize;
-- 
1.7.4

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