use libc::{c_char, c_void}; use std::{ptr, slice}; #[cfg(not(test))] extern "C" { fn tor_malloc_ ( size: usize) -> *mut c_void; } // Defined only for tests, used for testing purposes, so that we don't need // to link to tor C files. Uses the system allocator #[cfg(test)] extern "C" fn tor_malloc_ ( size: usize) -> *mut c_void { use libc::malloc; unsafe { malloc(size) } } /// Allocate memory using tor_malloc_ and copy an existing string into the /// allocated buffer, returning a pointer that can later be called in C. /// /// # Inputs /// /// * `src`, a reference to a String that will be copied. /// /// # Returns /// /// A `String` that should be freed by tor_free in C /// pub fn allocate_and_copy_string(src: &String) -> *mut c_char { let bytes = src.as_bytes(); let size = bytes.len(); let size_with_null_byte = size + 1; let dest = unsafe { tor_malloc_(size_with_null_byte) as *mut u8 }; if dest.is_null() { return dest as *mut c_char; } unsafe { ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(bytes.as_ptr(), dest, size) }; // set the last byte as null, using the ability to index into a slice // rather than doing pointer arithmatic let slice = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(dest, size_with_null_byte) }; slice[size] = 0; // add a null terminator dest as *mut c_char } #[cfg(test)] mod test { #[test] fn test_allocate_and_copy_string_with_empty() { use std::ffi::CStr; use libc::{free, c_void}; use tor_allocate::allocate_and_copy_string; let empty = String::new(); let allocated_empty = allocate_and_copy_string(&empty); let allocated_empty_rust = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(allocated_empty).to_str().unwrap() }; assert_eq!("", allocated_empty_rust); unsafe { free(allocated_empty as *mut c_void) }; } #[test] fn test_allocate_and_copy_string_with_not_empty_string() { use std::ffi::CStr; use libc::{free, c_void}; use tor_allocate::allocate_and_copy_string; let empty = String::from("foo bar biz"); let allocated_empty = allocate_and_copy_string(&empty); let allocated_empty_rust = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(allocated_empty).to_str().unwrap() }; assert_eq!("foo bar biz", allocated_empty_rust); unsafe { free(allocated_empty as *mut c_void) }; } }