Add a function to check if an argument list is too long.

This will be used in clang to decide if it should create an @file or not. It
will be tested on the clang side.

Patch by Nathan Froyd.

llvm-svn: 179285

llvm/include/llvm/Support/Program.h

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef LLVM_SUPPORT_PROGRAM_H
 #define LLVM_SUPPORT_PROGRAM_H
 
+#include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
 
 namespace llvm {
@@ -140,6 +141,10 @@ namespace sys {
     /// @}
 
   };
+
+  // Return true if the given arguments fit within system-specific
+  // argument length limits.
+  bool argumentsFitWithinSystemLimits(ArrayRef<const char*> Args);
 }
 }
 

llvm/lib/Support/Unix/Program.inc

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #if HAVE_FCNTL_H
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
+#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN
 #include <spawn.h>
 #if !defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -409,4 +412,25 @@ error_code Program::ChangeStderrToBinary(){
   return make_error_code(errc::success);
 }
 
+bool llvm::sys::argumentsFitWithinSystemLimits(ArrayRef<const char*> Args) {
+  static long ArgMax = sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX);
+
+  // System says no practical limit.
+  if (ArgMax == -1)
+    return true;
+
+  // Conservatively account for space required by environment variables.
+  ArgMax /= 2;
+
+  size_t ArgLength = 0;
+  for (ArrayRef<const char*>::iterator I = Args.begin(), E = Args.end();
+       I != E; ++I) {
+    ArgLength += strlen(*I) + 1;
+    if (ArgLength > size_t(ArgMax)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 }

llvm/lib/Support/Windows/Program.inc

@@ -396,4 +396,20 @@ error_code Program::ChangeStderrToBinary(){
   return make_error_code(errc::success);
 }
 
+bool llvm::sys::argumentsFitWithinSystemLimits(ArrayRef<const char*> Args) {
+  // The documented max length of the command line passed to CreateProcess.
+  static const size_t MaxCommandStringLength = 32768;
+  size_t ArgLength = 0;
+  for (ArrayRef<const char*>::iterator I = Args.begin(), E = Args.end();
+       I != E; ++I) {
+    // Account for the trailing space for every arg but the last one and the
+    // trailing NULL of the last argument.
+    ArgLength += ArgLenWithQuotes(*I) + 1;
+    if (ArgLength > MaxCommandStringLength) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 }