There is no string decoding function defined in <decode.h>, so this defines one. This function is a little different from the others in that the length of the encoded string is not known a priori. So the interface is defined a bit like snprintf(), where the value returned indicates the space required--even if it's more than the space allotted. The function also avoids overrunning the end of the memory range being converted. Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Made the function safe from overrunning the source memory include/linux/ceph/decode.h | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) Index: b/include/linux/ceph/decode.h =================================================================== --- a/include/linux/ceph/decode.h +++ b/include/linux/ceph/decode.h @@ -85,6 +85,51 @@ static inline int ceph_has_room(void **p } while (0) /* + * Decode the wire-encoded string at *p into the buffer "s" + * provided, whose size is indicated by "size". Note that "s" can + * be a null pointer if size is 0. If it fits, the resulting string + * will always be terminated with '\0'; otherwise the buffer will + * be unchanged. + * + * Care is taken to ensure the result of decoding the string will + * not touch anything at or beyond the "end" address provided. If + * it would, -ERANGE is returned. + * + * Otherwise, returns the length of the encoded string (which may be + * greater than or equal to the buffer size). The return value does + * not include the terminating '\0'. + * + * If the the return value is not negative and is less than the size + * provided, *p will be advanced past the decoded data; otherwise it + * is unchanged. This allows for a two call sequence to be used to + * allocate sufficient space for the string. + * + */ +static inline ssize_t ceph_decode_string(void **p, void *end, + char *s, size_t size) +{ + size_t len; + void *cp = *p; + + ceph_decode_32_safe(&cp, end, len, bad); + if (!ceph_has_room(&cp, end, len)) + goto bad; + + if (size < len + 1) + return len; /* Not enough room */ + + if (len) + memcpy(s, cp, len); + *(s + len) = '\0'; + + *p = (char *) *p + sizeof (u32) + len; + + return (ssize_t) len; +bad: + return (ssize_t) -ERANGE; +} + +/* * struct ceph_timespec <-> struct timespec */ static inline void ceph_decode_timespec(struct timespec *ts, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html