strbuf_addf() has been reporting a negative return value of vsnprintf(3)
as a bug since f141bd804d (Handle broken vsnprintf implementations in
strbuf, 2007-11-13). Other functions copied that behavior:
7b03c89ebd (add xsnprintf helper function, 2015-09-24)
5ef264dbdb (strbuf.c: add `strbuf_insertf()` and `strbuf_vinsertf()`, 2019-02-25)
8d25663d70 (mem-pool: add mem_pool_strfmt(), 2024-02-25)
However, vsnprintf(3) can legitimately return a negative value if the
formatted output would be longer than INT_MAX. Stop accusing it of
being broken and just report the fact that formatting failed.
Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx>
---
mem-pool.c | 3 ++-
strbuf.c | 4 ++--
wrapper.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mem-pool.c b/mem-pool.c
index 3065b12b23..a3ba38831d 100644
--- a/mem-pool.c
+++ b/mem-pool.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include "git-compat-util.h"
#include "mem-pool.h"
+#include "gettext.h"
#define BLOCK_GROWTH_SIZE (1024 * 1024 - sizeof(struct mp_block))
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ static char *mem_pool_strvfmt(struct mem_pool *pool, const char *fmt,
len = vsnprintf(next_free, available, fmt, cp);
va_end(cp);
if (len < 0)
- BUG("your vsnprintf is broken (returned %d)", len);
+ die(_("unable to format message: %s"), fmt);
size = st_add(len, 1); /* 1 for NUL */
ret = mem_pool_alloc(pool, size);
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 1492a08225..0d929e4e19 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void strbuf_vinsertf(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, 0, fmt, cp);
va_end(cp);
if (len < 0)
- BUG("your vsnprintf is broken (returned %d)", len);
+ die(_("unable to format message: %s"), fmt);
if (!len)
return; /* nothing to do */
if (unsigned_add_overflows(sb->len, len))
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ void strbuf_vaddf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, cp);
va_end(cp);
if (len < 0)
- BUG("your vsnprintf is broken (returned %d)", len);
+ die(_("unable to format message: %s"), fmt);
if (len > strbuf_avail(sb)) {
strbuf_grow(sb, len);
len = vsnprintf(sb->buf + sb->len, sb->alloc - sb->len, fmt, ap);
diff --git a/wrapper.c b/wrapper.c
index eeac3741cf..f87d90bf57 100644
--- a/wrapper.c
+++ b/wrapper.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ int xsnprintf(char *dst, size_t max, const char *fmt, ...)
va_end(ap);
if (len < 0)
- BUG("your snprintf is broken");
+ die(_("unable to format message: %s"), fmt);
if (len >= max)
BUG("attempt to snprintf into too-small buffer");
return len;
--
2.44.0
