Added nxt_ustr2str() to make C strings from fixed-width buffers.

This function makes it easy to transform a fixed-width buffer
(which is how we represent strings in Unit most of the time) into
a proper C string (NUL-terminated).  We need to do this when
interfacing libraries or the kernel, where most APIs expect
NUL-terminated strings.

The implementation is similar to strncpy_s(3), but avoids the
unnecessary runtime checks.  It's better to wrap the function in a
macro and do as many static_assert(3)s as one considers necessary;
in fact, if in the future C allows backwards VLA syntax, static
analysis could be better than those static_assert(3)s.

We use char for NUL-terminated strings, and u_char for the
*u*nterminated strings.

The documentation for the function:

/*
 * SYNOPSIS
 *   void ustr2str(char dst[restrict .n+1],
 *                 const u_char src[restrict .n],
 *                 size_t n);
 *
 * ARGUMENTS
 *	dst	Pointer to the first byte of the destination buffer.
 *	src	Pointer to the first byte of the source string.
 *	n	Size of 'src'.
 *
 * DESCRIPTION
 *	Copy a string from the fixed-width source string, which may be
 *	not-NUL-terminated, into a NUL-terminated string in the
 *	destination buffer.
 *
 * CAVEATS
 *	If the destination buffer is not wider than the source buffer
 *	at least by 1 byte, the behavior is undefined.
 *
 *	Use of this function normally indicates a problem in the design
 *	of the strings, since normally it's better to guarantee that all
 *	strings are properly terminated.  The main use for this function
 *	is to interface with some standard buffers, such as those
 *	defined in utmp(7), which for historical reasons are not
 *	guaranteed to be terminated.
 *
 * EXAMPLES
 *	u_char  src[10] = "0123456789";  // not NUL-terminated
 *	char    dst[sizeof(src) + 1];
 *
 *	static_assert(lengthof(src) < lengthof(dst))
 *	ustr2str(dst, src, lengthof(src));
 *
 * SEE ALSO
 *	nxt_sts2str(3), strlcpy(3), strscpy(9)
 */

Cc: Andrew Clayton <a.clayton@nginx.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@nginx.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nxt_string.c b/src/nxt_string.c
index 1ca595a1..39f472e9 100644
--- a/src/nxt_string.c
+++ b/src/nxt_string.c
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <nxt_main.h>
 
 
+extern inline void nxt_ustr2str(char *restrict dst, const u_char *restrict src,
+    size_t length);
+
+
 nxt_str_t *
 nxt_str_alloc(nxt_mp_t *mp, size_t length)
 {