As a microoprimization when checking whether length of a string fits
into a limit we don't necessarily need to calculate the full lenght but
can use strnlen to check only LIMIT+1 chars. Add a macro which will
simplify the expressions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
---
 src/internal.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index d3809bf057..2e404cd705 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@
 #define STRPREFIX(a, b) (strncmp(a, b, strlen(b)) == 0)
 #define STRCASEPREFIX(a, b) (g_ascii_strncasecmp(a, b, strlen(b)) == 0)
 #define STRSKIP(a, b) (STRPREFIX(a, b) ? (a) + strlen(b) : NULL)
+/**
+ * STRLIM
+ * @str: pointer to a string (evaluated once)
+ * @lim: length limit (evaluated twice)
+ *
+ * Evaluates as true if length of @str doesn't exceed the limit @lim. Note
+ * that @lim + 1 characters may be accessed.
+ */
+#define STRLIM(str, lim) (strnlen((str), (lim) + 1) <= (lim))

 #define STREQ_NULLABLE(a, b) (g_strcmp0(a, b) == 0)
 #define STRNEQ_NULLABLE(a, b) (g_strcmp0(a, b) != 0)
-- 
2.31.1

On a Thursday in 2021, Peter Krempa wrote:
>As a microoprimization when checking whether length of a string fits
>into a limit we don't necessarily need to calculate the full lenght but

length

>can use strnlen to check only LIMIT+1 chars. Add a macro which will
>simplify the expressions.
>
>Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
>---
> src/internal.h | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>