git: a98e5d785001 - main - libc/string: add strdupa(3) and strndupa(3)
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:21:03 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a98e5d78500193dc7aa352e1f60ac2c6529e2c38
commit a98e5d78500193dc7aa352e1f60ac2c6529e2c38
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-12-03 23:56:26 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-12-08 22:34:57 +0000
libc/string: add strdupa(3) and strndupa(3)
Reviewed by: markj
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54066
---
include/string.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/libc/string/Makefile.inc | 4 +++-
lib/libc/string/strdup.3 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/string.h b/include/string.h
index a3fa96ebb449..e9aa1b55281a 100644
--- a/include/string.h
+++ b/include/string.h
@@ -154,6 +154,34 @@ void swab(const void * __restrict, void * __restrict, ssize_t);
int timingsafe_bcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
int timingsafe_memcmp(const void *, const void *, size_t);
+
+#if __has_builtin(__builtin_alloca)
+#define strdupa(_Str) (__extension__({ \
+ const char *_Str1; \
+ size_t _Len; \
+ char *_Copy; \
+ \
+ _Str1 = (_Str); \
+ _Len = strlen(_Str1) + 1; \
+ _Copy = (char *)__builtin_alloca(_Len); \
+ memcpy(_Copy, _Str1, _Len); \
+ _Copy; \
+}))
+
+#define strndupa(_Str, _Maxlen) (__extension__({ \
+ const char *_Str1; \
+ char *_Copy; \
+ size_t _Len; \
+ \
+ _Str1 = (_Str); \
+ _Len = strnlen((_Str1), (_Maxlen)); \
+ _Copy = __builtin_alloca(_Len + 1); \
+ (void)memcpy(_Copy, _Str1, _Len); \
+ _Copy[_Len] = '\0'; \
+ _Copy; \
+}))
+#endif
+
#endif /* __BSD_VISIBLE */
#if __POSIX_VISIBLE >= 200112 || defined(_XLOCALE_H_)
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/Makefile.inc b/lib/libc/string/Makefile.inc
index 13cff22b9a32..dfe4b4b55bec 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libc/string/Makefile.inc
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ MLINKS+=strcoll.3 strcoll_l.3
MLINKS+=strcpy.3 stpcpy.3 \
strcpy.3 stpncpy.3 \
strcpy.3 strncpy.3
-MLINKS+=strdup.3 strndup.3
+MLINKS+=strdup.3 strndup.3 \
+ strdup.3 strdupa.3 \
+ strdup.3 strndupa.3
MLINKS+=strerror.3 perror.3 \
strerror.3 strerror_l.3 \
strerror.3 strerror_r.3 \
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strdup.3 b/lib/libc/string/strdup.3
index 576fa122b8d6..5968289f5002 100644
--- a/lib/libc/string/strdup.3
+++ b/lib/libc/string/strdup.3
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm strdup ,
-.Nm strndup
+.Nm strdupa ,
+.Nm strndup ,
+.Nm strndupa
.Nd save a copy of a string
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
@@ -39,7 +41,11 @@
.Ft char *
.Fn strdup "const char *str"
.Ft char *
+.Fn strdupa "const char *str"
+.Ft char *
.Fn strndup "const char *str" "size_t len"
+.Ft char *
+.Fn strndupa "const char *str" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strdup
@@ -63,6 +69,19 @@ characters from the string
always
.Dv NUL
terminating the copied string.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn strdupa
+function is identical to
+.Fn strdup
+but allocates the memory with
+.Xr alloca 3 .
+Similarly, the
+.Fn strndupa
+function is identical to
+.Fn strndup ,
+but allocates the memory with
+.Xr alloca 3 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If insufficient memory is available, NULL is returned and
.Va errno
@@ -72,6 +91,7 @@ Otherwise, the
.Fn strdup
family of functions return a pointer to the copied string.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr alloca 3 ,
.Xr free 3 ,
.Xr malloc 3 ,
.Xr wcsdup 3
@@ -84,6 +104,12 @@ The
.Fn strndup
function is specified by
.St -p1003.1-2008 .
+The
+.Fn strdupa
+and
+.Fn strndupa
+functions are extensions,
+taken from glibc.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn strdup
@@ -93,3 +119,9 @@ The
.Fn strndup
function was added in
.Fx 7.2 .
+The
+.Fn strdupa
+and
+.Fn strndupa
+functions were added in
+.Fx 15.1 .