From 91b00b145f0c50e346d0250168cbcbcba7aa3b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zimbatm <zimbatm@zimbatm.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:03:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] libutil: add SizedSource

Introduce the SizeSource which allows to bound how much data is being
read from a source. It also contains a drainAll() function to discard
the rest of the source, useful to keep the nix protocol in sync.
---
 src/libutil/serialise.hh | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.hh b/src/libutil/serialise.hh
index 969e4dff3..a344a5ac7 100644
--- a/src/libutil/serialise.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/serialise.hh
@@ -179,6 +179,36 @@ struct TeeSource : Source
     }
 };
 
+/* A reader that consumes the original Source until 'size'. */
+struct SizedSource : Source
+{
+    Source & orig;
+    size_t remain;
+    SizedSource(Source & orig, size_t size)
+        : orig(orig), remain(size) { }
+    size_t read(unsigned char * data, size_t len)
+    {
+        if (this->remain <= 0) {
+            throw EndOfFile("sized: unexpected end-of-file");
+        }
+        len = std::min(len, this->remain);
+        size_t n = this->orig.read(data, len);
+        this->remain -= n;
+        return n;
+    }
+
+    /* Consume the original source until no remain data is left to consume. */
+    size_t drainAll()
+    {
+        std::vector<unsigned char> buf(8192);
+        size_t sum = 0;
+        while (this->remain > 0) {
+            size_t n = read(buf.data(), buf.size());
+            sum += n;
+        }
+        return sum;
+    }
+};
 
 /* Convert a function into a sink. */
 struct LambdaSink : Sink