Slightly refactor/comment the harness for clarity.

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Denis Kasak 2021-05-10 13:18:25 +02:00 committed by Hubert Chathi
parent 8d1cfd207a
commit 0a7b6da9a0

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@ -15,30 +15,43 @@ ssize_t read_file(
uint8_t **buffer
) {
size_t buffer_size = 4096;
uint8_t * current_buffer = (uint8_t *) malloc(buffer_size);
if (current_buffer == NULL) return -1;
size_t buffer_pos = 0;
uint8_t * current_buffer = (uint8_t *) malloc(buffer_size);
if (!current_buffer) return -1;
while (1) {
ssize_t count = read(
fd, current_buffer + buffer_pos, buffer_size - buffer_pos
);
if (count < 0) break;
if (count < 0) break; // A read error happened, so just fail immediately.
if (count == 0) {
// Nothing more left to read. We downsize the buffer to fit the
// data exactly, unless no data was read at all, in which case we
// skip the downsizing.
if (buffer_pos != 0) {
current_buffer = (uint8_t *) realloc(current_buffer, buffer_pos);
if (current_buffer == NULL) break;
if (!current_buffer) break;
}
// The read was successful so we return the allocated buffer.
*buffer = current_buffer;
return buffer_pos;
}
buffer_pos += count;
// We've reached capacity, so enlarge the buffer.
if (buffer_pos == buffer_size) {
buffer_size *= 2;
uint8_t * new_buffer = (uint8_t *) realloc(current_buffer, buffer_size);
if (new_buffer == NULL) break;
if (!new_buffer) break;
current_buffer = new_buffer;
}
}
free(current_buffer);
return -1;
}