[PATCH v3 1/8] pkt-line: add packet_writel() and packet_read_line_gently()

@@ -171,6 +171,25 @@ int packet_write_fmt_gently(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
 	return status;
 }
 
+int packet_writel(int fd, const char *line, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int err;
+	va_start(args, line);
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!line)
+			break;
+		if (strlen(line) > LARGE_PACKET_DATA_MAX)
+			return -1;
+		err = packet_write_fmt_gently(fd, "%s\n", line);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		line = va_arg(args, const char*);
+	}
+	va_end(args);
+	return packet_flush_gently(fd);
+}
+
 static int packet_write_gently(const int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	static char packet_write_buffer[LARGE_PACKET_MAX];

@@ -323,6 +342,18 @@ char *packet_read_line(int fd, int *len_p)
 	return packet_read_line_generic(fd, NULL, NULL, len_p);
 }
 
+int packet_read_line_gently(int fd, int *dst_len, char** dst_line)
+{
+	int len = packet_read(fd, NULL, NULL,
+		packet_buffer, sizeof(packet_buffer),
+		PACKET_READ_CHOMP_NEWLINE|PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF);
+	if (dst_len)
+		*dst_len = len;
+	if (dst_line)
+		*dst_line = (len > 0) ? packet_buffer : NULL;
+	return len;
+}
+
 char *packet_read_line_buf(char **src, size_t *src_len, int *dst_len)
 {
 	return packet_read_line_generic(-1, src, src_len, dst_len);

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ void packet_buf_flush(struct strbuf *buf);
 void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 int packet_flush_gently(int fd);
 int packet_write_fmt_gently(int fd, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+int packet_writel(int fd, const char *line, ...);
 int write_packetized_from_fd(int fd_in, int fd_out);
 int write_packetized_from_buf(const char *src_in, size_t len, int fd_out);
 

@@ -74,6 +75,16 @@ int packet_read(int fd, char **src_buffer, size_t *src_len, char
 char *packet_read_line(int fd, int *size);
 
 /*
+ * Convenience wrapper for packet_read that sets the PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF
+ * and CHOMP_NEWLINE options. The return value specifies the number of bytes
+ * read into the buffer or -1 on truncated input. if the *dst_line parameter
+ * is not NULL it will return NULL for a flush packet and otherwise points to
+ * a static buffer (that may be overwritten by subsequent calls). If the size
+ * parameter is not NULL, the length of the packet is written to it.
+ */
+int packet_read_line_gently(int fd, int *size, char** dst_line);
+
+/*
  * Same as packet_read_line, but read from a buf rather than a descriptor;
  * see packet_read for details on how src_* is used.
  */