Change in ...libosmocore[master]: logging: Use reentrant ctime_r instead of ctime

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Thu Jun 13 17:40:25 UTC 2019


pespin has submitted this change and it was merged. ( https://gerrit.osmocom.org/c/libosmocore/+/14429 )

Change subject: logging: Use reentrant ctime_r instead of ctime
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logging: Use reentrant ctime_r instead of ctime

It was noticed that multithreaded processes like osmo-trx can crash upon
using ctime().

Related: OS#4055
Change-Id: I19ebf29a2f1fc855bb7d56766b338c7c3432dfd1
---
M src/logging.c
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Approvals:
  pespin: Looks good to me, approved
  laforge: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
  fixeria: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
  Jenkins Builder: Verified



diff --git a/src/logging.c b/src/logging.c
index 4c86473..1c3544f 100644
--- a/src/logging.c
+++ b/src/logging.c
@@ -359,15 +359,18 @@
 			OSMO_SNPRINTF_RET(ret, rem, offset, len);
 #endif
 		} else if (target->print_timestamp) {
-			char *timestr;
 			time_t tm;
 			if ((tm = time(NULL)) == (time_t) -1)
 				goto err;
-			timestr = ctime(&tm);
-			timestr[strlen(timestr)-1] = '\0';
-			ret = snprintf(buf + offset, rem, "%s ", timestr);
-			if (ret < 0)
+			/* Get human-readable representation of time.
+			   man ctime: we need at least 26 bytes in buf */
+			if (rem < 26 || !ctime_r(&tm, buf + offset))
 				goto err;
+			ret = strlen(buf + offset);
+			if (ret <= 0)
+				goto err;
+			/* Get rid of useless final '\n' added by ctime_r. We want a space instead. */
+			buf[offset + ret - 1] = ' ';
 			OSMO_SNPRINTF_RET(ret, rem, offset, len);
 		}
 		if (target->print_category) {

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Gerrit-Project: libosmocore
Gerrit-Branch: master
Gerrit-Change-Id: I19ebf29a2f1fc855bb7d56766b338c7c3432dfd1
Gerrit-Change-Number: 14429
Gerrit-PatchSet: 4
Gerrit-Owner: pespin <pespin at sysmocom.de>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Jenkins Builder
Gerrit-Reviewer: fixeria <axilirator at gmail.com>
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