ovsdb-idl: Make ovsdb_idl_txn_add_comment() take a printf() format string.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / util.c

diff --git a/lib/util.c b/lib/util.c
index 6c152e2..8f1892e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/util.c
+++ b/lib/util.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Nicira Networks.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010 Nicira Networks.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -357,3 +357,35 @@ hexit_value(int c)
 
     NOT_REACHED();
 }
+
+/* Returns the directory name portion of 'file_name' as a malloc()'d string,
+ * similar to the POSIX dirname() function but thread-safe. */
+char *
+dir_name(const char *file_name)
+{
+    size_t len = strlen(file_name);
+    while (len > 0 && file_name[len - 1] == '/') {
+        len--;
+    }
+    while (len > 0 && file_name[len - 1] != '/') {
+        len--;
+    }
+    while (len > 0 && file_name[len - 1] == '/') {
+        len--;
+    }
+    if (!len) {
+        return xstrdup((file_name[0] == '/'
+                        && file_name[1] == '/'
+                        && file_name[2] != '/') ? "//"
+                       : file_name[0] == '/' ? "/"
+                       : ".");
+    } else {
+        return xmemdup0(file_name, len);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Pass a value to this function if it is marked with
+ * __attribute__((warn_unused_result)) and you genuinely want to ignore 
+ * its return value.  (Note that every scalar type can be implicitly 
+ * converted to bool.) */
+void ignore(bool x OVS_UNUSED) { }