From e666e1156fba936dce93ccfa2486f67369a97129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:39:30 -0400
Subject: Handle octal escapes in /proc/self/mountinfo

---
 src/libutil/util.cc | 15 +++++++++++++++
 src/libutil/util.hh |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/libutil')

diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 7f95d398147f..afb0dc0b2c07 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -1101,6 +1101,21 @@ bool endOfList(std::istream & str)
 }
 
 
+string decodeOctalEscaped(const string & s)
+{
+    string r;
+    for (string::const_iterator i = s.begin(); i != s.end(); ) {
+        if (*i != '\\') { r += *i++; continue; }
+        unsigned char c = 0;
+        ++i;
+        while (i != s.end() && *i >= '0' && *i < '8')
+            c = c * 8 + (*i++ - '0');
+        r += c;
+    }
+    return r;
+}
+
+
 void ignoreException()
 {
     try {
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 408d99a96e66..d3861f730b63 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -332,6 +332,12 @@ string parseString(std::istream & str);
 bool endOfList(std::istream & str);
 
 
+/* Escape a string that contains octal-encoded escape codes such as
+   used in /etc/fstab and /proc/mounts (e.g. "foo\040bar" decodes to
+   "foo bar"). */
+string decodeOctalEscaped(const string & s);
+
+
 /* Exception handling in destructors: print an error message, then
    ignore the exception. */
 void ignoreException();
-- 
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