+
+static size_t nul_length(const uint8_t *p, size_t sz) {
+ size_t n = 0;
+
+ while (sz > 0) {
+ if (*p != 0)
+ break;
+
+ n++;
+ p++;
+ sz--;
+ }
+
+ return n;
+}
+
+ssize_t sparse_write(int fd, const void *p, size_t sz, size_t run_length) {
+ const uint8_t *q, *w, *e;
+ ssize_t l;
+
+ q = w = p;
+ e = q + sz;
+ while (q < e) {
+ size_t n;
+
+ n = nul_length(q, e - q);
+
+ /* If there are more than the specified run length of
+ * NUL bytes, or if this is the beginning or the end
+ * of the buffer, then seek instead of write */
+ if ((n > run_length) ||
+ (n > 0 && q == p) ||
+ (n > 0 && q + n >= e)) {
+ if (q > w) {
+ l = write(fd, w, q - w);
+ if (l < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ if (l != q -w)
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+
+ if (lseek(fd, n, SEEK_CUR) == (off_t) -1)
+ return -errno;
+
+ q += n;
+ w = q;
+ } else if (n > 0)
+ q += n;
+ else
+ q ++;
+ }
+
+ if (q > w) {
+ l = write(fd, w, q - w);
+ if (l < 0)
+ return -errno;
+ if (l != q - w)
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+
+ return q - (const uint8_t*) p;
+}
+
+void sigkill_wait(pid_t *pid) {
+ if (!pid)
+ return;
+ if (*pid <= 1)
+ return;
+
+ if (kill(*pid, SIGKILL) > 0)
+ (void) wait_for_terminate(*pid, NULL);
+}
+
+int syslog_parse_priority(const char **p, int *priority, bool with_facility) {
+ int a = 0, b = 0, c = 0;
+ int k;
+
+ assert(p);
+ assert(*p);
+ assert(priority);
+
+ if ((*p)[0] != '<')
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!strchr(*p, '>'))
+ return 0;
+
+ if ((*p)[2] == '>') {
+ c = undecchar((*p)[1]);
+ k = 3;
+ } else if ((*p)[3] == '>') {
+ b = undecchar((*p)[1]);
+ c = undecchar((*p)[2]);
+ k = 4;
+ } else if ((*p)[4] == '>') {
+ a = undecchar((*p)[1]);
+ b = undecchar((*p)[2]);
+ c = undecchar((*p)[3]);
+ k = 5;
+ } else
+ return 0;
+
+ if (a < 0 || b < 0 || c < 0 ||
+ (!with_facility && (a || b || c > 7)))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (with_facility)
+ *priority = a*100 + b*10 + c;
+ else
+ *priority = (*priority & LOG_FACMASK) | c;
+
+ *p += k;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+ssize_t string_table_lookup(const char * const *table, size_t len, const char *key) {
+ size_t i;
+
+ if (!key)
+ return -1;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+ if (streq_ptr(table[i], key))
+ return (ssize_t)i;
+
+ return -1;
+}