nbdkit/SOURCES/0002-server-Allow-D-debug-flags-to-contain-dots-for-names.patch
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From e5d2d44fff9214725506cbc84e7b3c035ec0eae9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:06:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] server: Allow -D debug flags to contain dots for namespacing.
This is just a convenience. Either of:
-D myplugin.foo_bar=1
-D myplugin.foo.bar=1
correspond to the same plugin variable "myplugin_debug_foo_bar".
(cherry picked from commit a895fa84aaa50f52af68319523020046394c789f)
---
docs/nbdkit-plugin.pod | 8 ++++++++
server/debug-flags.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/nbdkit-plugin.pod b/docs/nbdkit-plugin.pod
index b69cb82..879ddf0 100644
--- a/docs/nbdkit-plugin.pod
+++ b/docs/nbdkit-plugin.pod
@@ -1298,6 +1298,14 @@ You should only use this feature for debug settings. For general
settings use ordinary plugin parameters. Debug Flags can only be C
ints. They are not supported by non-C language plugins.
+For convenience C<'.'> characters are replaced with C<'_'> characters
+in the variable name, so both of these parameters:
+
+ -D myplugin.foo_bar=1
+ -D myplugin.foo.bar=1
+
+correspond to the plugin variable C<myplugin_debug_foo_bar>.
+
=head1 INSTALLING THE PLUGIN
The plugin is a C<*.so> file and possibly a manual page. You can of
diff --git a/server/debug-flags.c b/server/debug-flags.c
index 9344d85..5e06f5e 100644
--- a/server/debug-flags.c
+++ b/server/debug-flags.c
@@ -56,12 +56,20 @@ static char *
symbol_of_debug_flag (const char *name, const char *flag)
{
char *var;
+ size_t i;
+ int len;
- if (asprintf (&var, "%s_debug_%s", name, flag) == -1) {
+ if ((len = asprintf (&var, "%s_debug_%s", name, flag)) == -1) {
perror ("asprintf");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
+ /* If there are any '.'s remaining in the name, convert them to '_'. */
+ for (i = 0; i < (size_t) len; ++i) {
+ if (var[i] == '.')
+ var[i] = '_';
+ }
+
return var; /* caller frees */
}
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