Replace withBuffer by boost small_vector

Although this will leave gaps in the stack, the performance impact
of those should be insignificant and we get a simpler solution
this way.

src/libstore/derivations.cc

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "util.hh"
 #include "worker-protocol.hh"
 #include "fs-accessor.hh"
+#include <boost/container/small_vector.hpp>
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -272,8 +273,17 @@ Derivation parseDerivation(const Store & store, std::string && s, std::string_vi
 
 static void printString(string & res, std::string_view s)
 {
-    size_t bufSize = s.size() * 2 + 2;
+    // Large stack allocations can skip past the stack protection page.
-    withBuffer(bufSize, [&](char *buf) {
+    const size_t stack_protection_size = 4096;
+    // We reduce the max stack allocated buffer by an extra amount to increase
+    // the chance of hitting it, even when `fun`'s first access is some distance
+    // into its *further* stack frame, particularly if the call was inlined and
+    // therefore not writing a frame pointer.
+    const size_t play = 64 * sizeof(char *); // 512B on 64b archs
+
+    boost::container::small_vector<char, stack_protection_size - play> buffer;
+    buffer.reserve(s.size() * 2 + 2);
+    char * buf = buffer.data();
     char * p = buf;
     *p++ = '"';
     for (auto c : s)
@@ -284,7 +294,6 @@ static void printString(string & res, std::string_view s)
         else *p++ = c;
     *p++ = '"';
     res.append(buf, p - buf);
-    });
 }
 
 

src/libutil/util.hh

@@ -671,30 +671,5 @@ template<class... Ts> overloaded(Ts...) -> overloaded<Ts...>;
 
 std::string showBytes(uint64_t bytes);
 
-/**
-  `withBuffer(size, fun)` applies `fun` to a temporary `char` array of size `size`.
-  The array will be allocated either on the stack or on the heap depending on its size
-*/
-template<typename T = char, typename Fn>
-inline auto withBuffer(size_t n, Fn fun)
-  -> std::invoke_result_t<Fn, T *>
-{
-    // Large stack allocations can skip past the stack protection page.
-    const size_t stack_protection_size = 4096;
-    // We reduce the max stack allocated buffer by an extra amount to increase
-    // the chance of hitting it, even when `fun`'s first access is some distance
-    // into its *further* stack frame, particularly if the call was inlined and
-    // therefore not writing a frame pointer.
-    const size_t play = 64 * sizeof(char *); // 512B on 64b archs
-    size_t size_bytes = n * sizeof(T);
-
-    if (size_bytes < stack_protection_size - play) {
-        T buf[n];
-        return fun(buf);
-    } else {
-        auto buf = std::unique_ptr<T[]>(new T[n]);
-        return fun(buf.get());
-    }
-}
 
 }