Make options_tostring allocate its result instead of using a stack

buffer (needed for something in the future).

cmd-show-options.c

@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ cmd_show_options_print(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item,
     struct options_entry *o, int idx)
 {
 	struct options_array_item	*a;
-	const char			*name, *value;
+	const char			*name;
-	char				*tmp, *escaped;
+	char				*value, *tmp, *escaped;
 
 	if (idx != -1) {
 		xasprintf(&tmp, "%s[%d]", options_name(o), idx);
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ cmd_show_options_print(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item,
 		free(escaped);
 	} else
 		cmdq_print(item, "%s %s", name, value);
+	free(value);
 
 	free(tmp);
 }

format.c

@@ -904,9 +904,8 @@ format_find(struct format_tree *ft, const char *key, int modifiers)
 	struct environ_entry	*envent;
 	static char		 s[64];
 	struct options_entry	*o;
-	const char		*found;
 	int			 idx;
-	char			*copy, *saved;
+	char			*found, *saved;
 
 	if (~modifiers & FORMAT_TIMESTRING) {
 		o = options_parse_get(global_options, key, &idx, 0);
@@ -933,12 +932,11 @@ format_find(struct format_tree *ft, const char *key, int modifiers)
 				return (NULL);
 			ctime_r(&fe->t, s);
 			s[strcspn(s, "\n")] = '\0';
-			found = s;
+			found = xstrdup(s);
 			goto found;
 		}
 		if (fe->t != 0) {
-			xsnprintf(s, sizeof s, "%lld", (long long)fe->t);
+			xasprintf(&found, "%lld", (long long)fe->t);
-			found = s;
 			goto found;
 		}
 		if (fe->value == NULL && fe->cb != NULL) {
@@ -946,7 +944,7 @@ format_find(struct format_tree *ft, const char *key, int modifiers)
 			if (fe->value == NULL)
 				fe->value = xstrdup("");
 		}
-		found = fe->value;
+		found = xstrdup(fe->value);
 		goto found;
 	}
 
@@ -957,7 +955,7 @@ format_find(struct format_tree *ft, const char *key, int modifiers)
 		if (envent == NULL)
 			envent = environ_find(global_environ, key);
 		if (envent != NULL) {
-			found = envent->value;
+			found = xstrdup(envent->value);
 			goto found;
 		}
 	}
@@ -967,23 +965,22 @@ format_find(struct format_tree *ft, const char *key, int modifiers)
 found:
 	if (found == NULL)
 		return (NULL);
-	copy = xstrdup(found);
 	if (modifiers & FORMAT_BASENAME) {
-		saved = copy;
+		saved = found;
-		copy = xstrdup(basename(saved));
+		found = xstrdup(basename(saved));
 		free(saved);
 	}
 	if (modifiers & FORMAT_DIRNAME) {
-		saved = copy;
+		saved = found;
-		copy = xstrdup(dirname(saved));
+		found = xstrdup(dirname(saved));
 		free(saved);
 	}
 	if (modifiers & FORMAT_QUOTE) {
-		saved = copy;
+		saved = found;
-		copy = xstrdup(format_quote(saved));
+		found = xstrdup(format_quote(saved));
 		free(saved);
 	}
-	return (copy);
+	return (found);
 }
 
 /* Skip until end. */

options.c

@@ -110,47 +110,43 @@ options_value_free(struct options_entry *o, union options_value *ov)
 		free(ov->string);
 }
 
-static const char *
+static char *
 options_value_tostring(struct options_entry *o, union options_value *ov,
     int numeric)
 {
-	static char	 s[1024];
+	char	*s;
-	const char	*tmp;
 
 	if (OPTIONS_IS_STYLE(o))
-		return (style_tostring(&ov->style));
+		return (xstrdup(style_tostring(&ov->style)));
 	if (OPTIONS_IS_NUMBER(o)) {
-		tmp = NULL;
 		switch (o->tableentry->type) {
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_NUMBER:
-			xsnprintf(s, sizeof s, "%lld", ov->number);
+			xasprintf(&s, "%lld", ov->number);
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_KEY:
-			tmp = key_string_lookup_key(ov->number);
+			s = xstrdup(key_string_lookup_key(ov->number));
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_COLOUR:
-			tmp = colour_tostring(ov->number);
+			s = xstrdup(colour_tostring(ov->number));
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_FLAG:
 			if (numeric)
-				xsnprintf(s, sizeof s, "%lld", ov->number);
+				xasprintf(&s, "%lld", ov->number);
 			else
-				tmp = (ov->number ? "on" : "off");
+				s = xstrdup(ov->number ? "on" : "off");
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_CHOICE:
-			tmp = o->tableentry->choices[ov->number];
+			s = xstrdup(o->tableentry->choices[ov->number]);
 			break;
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_STRING:
 		case OPTIONS_TABLE_STYLE:
-			break;
+			fatalx("not a number option type");
 		}
-		if (tmp != NULL)
-			xsnprintf(s, sizeof s, "%s", tmp);
 		return (s);
 	}
 	if (OPTIONS_IS_STRING(o))
-		return (ov->string);
+		return (xstrdup(ov->string));
-	return ("");
+	return (xstrdup(""));
 }
 
 struct options *
@@ -218,11 +214,8 @@ options_empty(struct options *oo, const struct options_table_entry *oe)
 	o = options_add(oo, oe->name);
 	o->tableentry = oe;
 
-	if (oe->flags & OPTIONS_TABLE_IS_ARRAY) {
+	if (oe->flags & OPTIONS_TABLE_IS_ARRAY)
-		if (oe->type != OPTIONS_TABLE_STRING)
-			fatalx("arrays can only be strings");
 		RB_INIT(&o->value.array);
-	}
 
 	return (o);
 }
@@ -443,17 +436,17 @@ options_isstring(struct options_entry *o)
 	return (OPTIONS_IS_STRING(o));
 }
 
-const char *
+char *
 options_tostring(struct options_entry *o, int idx, int numeric)
 {
 	struct options_array_item	*a;
 
 	if (OPTIONS_IS_ARRAY(o)) {
 		if (idx == -1)
-			return (NULL);
+			return (xstrdup(""));
 		a = options_array_item(o, idx);
 		if (a == NULL)
-			return ("");
+			return (xstrdup(""));
 		return (options_value_tostring(o, &a->value, numeric));
 	}
 	return (options_value_tostring(o, &o->value, numeric));

tmux.h

@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ u_int		 options_array_item_index(struct options_array_item *);
 union options_value *options_array_item_value(struct options_array_item *);
 int		 options_isarray(struct options_entry *);
 int		 options_isstring(struct options_entry *);
-const char	*options_tostring(struct options_entry *, int, int);
+char		*options_tostring(struct options_entry *, int, int);
 char		*options_parse(const char *, int *);
 struct options_entry *options_parse_get(struct options *, const char *, int *,
 		     int);