don't malloc log string twice

lib/Basics/Logger.cpp

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void LogAppenderFile::logMessage(LogLevel level, std::string const& message,
   size_t escapedLength;
   char* escaped =
       TRI_EscapeControlsCString(TRI_UNKNOWN_MEM_ZONE, message.c_str(),
-                                message.size(), &escapedLength, true);
+                                message.size(), &escapedLength, true, false);
 
   if (escaped != nullptr) {
     writeLogFile(fd, escaped, (ssize_t)escapedLength);

lib/Basics/tri-strings.cpp

@@ -876,12 +876,14 @@ char* TRI_DecodeHexString(char const* source, size_t sourceLen,
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 char* TRI_SHA256String(char const* source, size_t sourceLen, size_t* dstLen) {
-  unsigned char* dst;
+  unsigned char* dst = static_cast<unsigned char*>(
-
-  dst = static_cast<unsigned char*>(
       TRI_Allocate(TRI_CORE_MEM_ZONE, SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH, false));
   *dstLen = SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH;
 
+  if (dst == nullptr) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
   SHA256((unsigned char const*)source, sourceLen, dst);
 
   return (char*)dst;
@@ -893,20 +895,17 @@ char* TRI_SHA256String(char const* source, size_t sourceLen, size_t* dstLen) {
 
 char* TRI_EscapeControlsCString(TRI_memory_zone_t* zone, char const* in,
                                 size_t inLength, size_t* outLength,
-                                bool appendNewline) {
+                                bool appendNewline, bool truncate) {
-  char* buffer;
+  char* buffer = static_cast<char*>(
-  char* qtr;
-  char const* ptr;
-  char const* end;
-
-  buffer = static_cast<char*>(
       TRI_Allocate(zone, (4 * inLength) + 1 + (appendNewline ? 1 : 0), false));
 
   if (buffer == nullptr) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  qtr = buffer;
+  char* qtr = buffer;
+  char const* ptr;
+  char const* end;
 
   for (ptr = in, end = ptr + inLength; ptr < end; ptr++, qtr++) {
     uint8_t n;
@@ -946,7 +945,11 @@ char* TRI_EscapeControlsCString(TRI_memory_zone_t* zone, char const* in,
   }
 
   *qtr = '\0';
-  *outLength = (size_t)(qtr - buffer);
+  *outLength = static_cast<size_t>(qtr - buffer);
+
+  if (!truncate) {
+    return buffer;
+  }
 
   qtr = static_cast<char*>(TRI_Allocate(zone, (*outLength) + 1, false));
 

lib/Basics/tri-strings.h

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ char* TRI_SHA256String(char const* source, size_t sourceLen, size_t* dstLen);
 
 char* TRI_EscapeControlsCString(TRI_memory_zone_t*, char const* in,
                                 size_t inLength, size_t* outLength,
-                                bool appendNewline);
+                                bool appendNewline, bool truncate);
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief escapes special characters using unicode escapes