Buffers
The kore_buf interface provides a safe way of constructing data. Buffers automatically grow when more data is written to them and can either exist on the heap or on the stack.
kore_buf_alloc
Synopsis
struct kore_buf *kore_buf_alloc(size_t initial)
Description
Allocates a new kore_buf data structure on the heap and initializes it.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| initial | The number of initial bytes to allocate for the buffer data. Can be 0. |
Returns
A pointer to a new kore_buf data structure. This must be freed by the caller using kore_buf_free().
kore_buf_init
Synopsis
void kore_buf_init(struct kore_buf *buf, size_t initial)
Description
Initializes the given buffer.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer to initialize. |
| initial | The number of initial bytes to allocate for the buffer data. Can be 0. |
Returns
Nothing.
kore_buf_cleanup
Synopsis
void kore_buf_cleanup(struct kore_buf *buf)
Description
Cleanup the given buffer by releasing the buffer data and resetting its members.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer to be cleaned up. |
Returns
Nothing
kore_buf_free
Synopsis
void kore_buf_free(struct kore_buf *buf)
Description
Cleanup and free a previously allocated buffer.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer to be cleaned up and freed. |
Returns
Nothing
kore_buf_append
Synopsis
void kore_buf_append(struct kore_buf *buf, const void *data, size_t length)
Description
Append some data to a buffer. This function will automatically grow the buffer data if required before appending the given data.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer. |
| data | The data to be appended. |
| length | The length of the data to be appended . |
Returns
Nothing
kore_buf_appendv
Synopsis
void kore_buf_appendv(struct kore_buf *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
Description
Append data given in the form of a format and a variadic argument list.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer. |
| fmt | The format string. |
| args | Variadic argument list. |
Returns
Nothing
kore_buf_appendf
Synopsis
void kore_buf_appendf(struct kore_buf *buf, const char *fmt, ...)
Description
Append data given in the form of a string format and list of arguments. Much like snprintf().
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer. |
| fmt | The format string. |
| ... | Any arguments for the format string. |
Returns
Nothing
kore_buf_stringify
Synopsis
char *kore_buf_stringify(struct kore_buf *buf, size_t *length)
Description
Returns the data in a buffer as a C string. The result is NUL-terminated before it is returned to the caller. The caller should not free this data.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer. |
| length | optional, if not NULL the length of the C string is placed here. |
Returns
A pointer to the C string.
kore_buf_release
Synopsis
u_int8_t *kore_buf_release(struct kore_buf *buf, size_t *length)
Description
Release the buffer data from a buffer. This causes the buffer to be cleaned up.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| buf | The buffer. |
| length | The length of the returned data is placed here. |
Returns
A pointer to the original buffer data.