In a future commit, we will be manually processing packets and we will
need to access the length header. In order to simplify this, extern
packet_length() so that the logic can be reused.
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx>
---
pkt-line.c | 2 +-
pkt-line.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index a0e87b1e81..6b60886770 100644
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int get_packet_data(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_size,
return ret;
}
-static int packet_length(const char *linelen)
+int packet_length(const char *linelen)
{
int val = hex2chr(linelen);
return (val < 0) ? val : (val << 8) | hex2chr(linelen + 2);
diff --git a/pkt-line.h b/pkt-line.h
index fef3a0d792..f443185f8f 100644
--- a/pkt-line.h
+++ b/pkt-line.h
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ int write_packetized_from_buf(const char *src_in, size_t len, int fd_out);
int packet_read(int fd, char **src_buffer, size_t *src_len, char
*buffer, unsigned size, int options);
+/*
+ * Reads a packetized line and returns the length header of the packet.
+ */
+int packet_length(const char *linelen);
+
/*
* Read a packetized line into a buffer like the 'packet_read()' function but
* returns an 'enum packet_read_status' which indicates the status of the read.
--
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