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Message-ID: <CAKYAXd9fopXQDo9JNM-oi=4EDgzjoia861fUCpJUfRm=Q0xhJw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:54:15 +0900
From:	NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NLS: improve UTF8 -> UTF16 string conversion routine

2011/11/20 NamJae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>:
> 2011/11/20 Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>:
>> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, NamJae Jeon wrote:
>>
>>> >> > +int utf8s_to_utf16s(const u8 *s, int len, enum utf16_endian endian,
>>> >> > +               wchar_t *pwcs, int maxlen)
>>> >> >  {
>>> >> >        u16 *op;
>>> >> >        int size;
>>> >> >        unicode_t u;
>>> >> >
>>> >> >        op = pwcs;
>>> >> > -       while (*s && len > 0) {
>>> >> > +       while (len > 0 && maxlen > 0 && *s) {
>>> >> >                if (*s & 0x80) {
>>> >> >                        size = utf8_to_utf32(s, len, &u);
>>> >> >                        if (size < 0)
>>> >> >                                return -EINVAL;
>>> >> > +                       s += size;
>>> >> > +                       len -= size;
>> ...
>>> >> >                        if (u >= PLANE_SIZE) {
>>> >> > +                               if (maxlen < 2)
>>> >> > +                                       break;
>>> >> >                                u -= PLANE_SIZE;
>>> >> > -                               *op++ = (wchar_t) (SURROGATE_PAIR |
>>> >> > -                                               ((u >> 10) & SURROGATE_BITS));
>>> >> > -                               *op++ = (wchar_t) (SURROGATE_PAIR |
>>> >> > +                               put_utf16(op++, SURROGATE_PAIR |
>>> >> > +                                               ((u >> 10) & SURROGATE_BITS),
>>> >> > +                                               endian);
>>> >> > +                               put_utf16(op++, SURROGATE_PAIR |
>>> >> >                                                SURROGATE_LOW |
>>> >> > -                                               (u & SURROGATE_BITS));
>>> >> > +                                               (u & SURROGATE_BITS),
>>> >> > +                                               endian);
>>> >> > +                               maxlen -= 2;
>>> >>
>>> >> Why did you use contants value(-2) instead of maxlen -= size; value ?
>>> >
>>> > "maxlen -= size" would be completely wrong, because size is the length
>>> > of the utf8 input and maxlen is the number of 16-bit slots remaining
>>> > in the output buffer.  A surrogate pair uses two 16-bit values,
>>> > therefore maxlen has to be decreased by 2.
>>> If so, len should also be minus -2 constant value like maxlen ?
>>
>> You seem to be confused.  "len" refers to the input string and "maxlen"
>> refers to the output string.  They have no connection to one another.
>> Would it help if "maxlen" were named "maxout" instead?
> okay, I knew clearly. If you will, I'm grateful.
> I suggest code is a little changed about maxout. how do you think ?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +                       s += size;
> +                       len -= size;
> +                       maxout--
>
>                       if (u >= PLANE_SIZE) {
> +                               if (maxlen < 2)
> +                                       break;
>                               u -= PLANE_SIZE;
> -                               *op++ = (wchar_t) (SURROGATE_PAIR |
> -                                               ((u >> 10) & SURROGATE_BITS));
> -                               *op++ = (wchar_t) (SURROGATE_PAIR |
> +                               put_utf16(op++, SURROGATE_PAIR |
> +                                               ((u >> 10) & SURROGATE_BITS),
> +                                               endian);
> +                               put_utf16(op++, SURROGATE_PAIR |
>                                               SURROGATE_LOW |
> -                                               (u & SURROGATE_BITS));
> +                                               (u & SURROGATE_BITS),
> +                                               endian);
> +                               maxout--;
sorry,, I changed maxout.
>                       } else {
> -                               *op++ = (wchar_t) u;
> +                               put_utf16(op++, u, endian);
>                     }
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>>
>>> and why does this code(if (maxlen < 2)) is needed ? If len is smaller than 2 ?
>>
>> If maxlen < 2 then there is room in the output buffer for only one more
>> data value -- but a surrogate pair occupies two data values.  Hence
>> there isn't room to store the pair in the output buffer, so the loop
>> must terminate.
>>
>>> >> >                        } else {
>>> >> > -                               *op++ = (wchar_t) u;
>>> >> > +                               put_utf16(op++, u, endian);
>>> >> > +                               maxlen--;
>>> >> >                        }
>>> >> > -                       s += size;
>>> >> > -                       len -= size;
>>> >> >                } else {
>>> >> > -                       *op++ = *s++;
>>> >> > +                       put_utf16(op++, *s++, endian);
>>> >> >                        len--;
>>> >> > +                       maxlen--;
>>> >> >                }
>>> >> >        }
>>> >> >        return op - pwcs;
>>> >> > Index: usb-3.2/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
>>> >> > ===================================================================
>>> >> > --- usb-3.2.orig/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
>>> >> > +++ usb-3.2/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
>>> >> > @@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ xlate_to_uni(const unsigned char *name,
>>> >> >        int charlen;
>>> >> >
>>> >> >        if (utf8) {
>>> >> > -               *outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, len, (wchar_t *)outname);
>>> >> > +               *outlen = utf8s_to_utf16s(name, len, UTF16_HOST_ENDIAN,
>>> >> > +                               (wchar_t *) outname, FAT_LFN_LEN + 2);
>>> >> Is there the reason why you plus 2 to FAT_LFN_LEN ?
>>> >
>>> > So that the "(*outlen > FAT_LFN_LEN)" test below will work correctly.
>>> > If the maximum length were set to FAT_LFN_LEN then the test would
>>> > always fail.  If the maximum length were set to FAT_LFN_LEN + 1 then
>>> > the test would fail when the next character to be stored was a
>>> > surrogate pair.
>>> Although we are using maxlen, I don't know why do we check case that
>>> outlen is bigger than FAT_LFN_LEN.
>>
>> Probably because the filesystem code requires that the UTF16 string fit
>> into a certain amount of space.  If *outlen > FAT_LFN_LEN then the
>> string doesn't fit.
>>
>> Alan Stern
>>
>>
>

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