[PATCH 4/7] Refactor packet_write to prepare to integrate with sideband

[PATCH 4/7] Refactor packet_write to prepare to integrate with sideband

[Shawn O. Pearce]

Simple refactoring to move the actual formatting into a
helper function.  Later we'll integrate this new helper
with sideband support, so we can embed a packet line
within a multiplexed sideband stream.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 pkt-line.c |   17 +++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index 355546a..5917e1d 100644
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@ void packet_flush(int fd)
 }
 
 #define hex(a) (hexchar[(a) & 15])
-void packet_write(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
+static void packet_vwrite(
+	int fd,
+	const char *fmt,
+	va_list args)
 {
 	static char buffer[1000];
 	static char hexchar[] = "0123456789abcdef";
-	va_list args;
 	unsigned n;
 
-	va_start(args, fmt);
 	n = vsnprintf(buffer + 4, sizeof(buffer) - 4, fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
 	if (n >= sizeof(buffer)-4)
 		die("protocol error: impossibly long line");
 	n += 4;
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ void packet_write(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
 	safe_write(fd, buffer, n);
 }
 
+void packet_write(int fd, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	packet_vwrite(fd, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
 static void safe_read(int fd, void *buffer, unsigned size)
 {
 	size_t n = 0;
-- 
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