strlen+malloc+snprintf is error prone;

rewrite post_lb() to use asprintf(3) instead

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/mdoc_validate.c b/mdoc_validate.c
index fb7863ec..0e089f91 100644
--- a/mdoc_validate.c
+++ b/mdoc_validate.c
@@ -1044,34 +1044,25 @@ post_bf(POST_ARGS)
 static int
 post_lb(POST_ARGS)
 {
-	const char	*p;
-	char		*buf;
-	size_t		 sz;
+	struct mdoc_node	*n;
+	const char		*stdlibname;
+	char			*libname;
 
 	check_count(mdoc, MDOC_ELEM, CHECK_WARN, CHECK_EQ, 1);
 
-	assert(mdoc->last->child);
-	assert(MDOC_TEXT == mdoc->last->child->type);
-
-	p = mdoc_a2lib(mdoc->last->child->string);
-
-	/* If lookup ok, replace with table value. */
+	n = mdoc->last->child;
 
-	if (p) {
-		free(mdoc->last->child->string);
-		mdoc->last->child->string = mandoc_strdup(p);
-		return(1);
-	}
+	assert(n);
+	assert(MDOC_TEXT == n->type);
 
-	/* If not, use "library ``xxxx''. */
+	if (NULL == (stdlibname = mdoc_a2lib(n->string)))
+		mandoc_asprintf(&libname,
+		    "library \\(lq%s\\(rq", n->string);
+	else
+		libname = mandoc_strdup(stdlibname);
 
-	sz = strlen(mdoc->last->child->string) + 2 +
-	     strlen("\\(lqlibrary\\(rq");
-	buf = mandoc_malloc(sz);
-	snprintf(buf, sz, "library \\(lq%s\\(rq",
-	    mdoc->last->child->string);
-	free(mdoc->last->child->string);
-	mdoc->last->child->string = buf;
+	free(n->string);
+	n->string = libname;
 	return(1);
 }