+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Function : load_file
+ *
+ * Description : Loads a file into a buffer.
+ *
+ * Parameters :
+ * 1 : filename = Name of the file to be loaded.
+ * 2 : buffer = Used to return the file's content.
+ * 3 : length = Used to return the size of the file.
+ *
+ * Returns : JB_ERR_OK in case of success,
+ * JB_ERR_FILE in case of ordinary file loading errors
+ * (fseek() and ftell() errors are fatal)
+ * JB_ERR_MEMORY in case of out-of-memory.
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+static jb_err load_file(const char *filename, char **buffer, size_t *length)
+{
+ FILE *fp;
+ int ret;
+
+ fp = fopen(filename, "rb");
+ if (NULL == fp)
+ {
+ return JB_ERR_FILE;
+ }
+
+ /* Get file length */
+ if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END))
+ {
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_FATAL,
+ "Unexpected erro while fseek()ing to the end of %s: %E",
+ filename);
+ }
+ ret = ftell(fp);
+ if (-1 == ret)
+ {
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_FATAL,
+ "Unexpected ftell() error while loading %s: %E",
+ filename);
+ }
+ *length = (size_t)ret;
+
+ /* Go back to the beginning. */
+ if (fseek(fp, 0, SEEK_SET))
+ {
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_FATAL,
+ "Unexpected error while fseek()ing to the beginning of %s: %E",
+ filename);
+ }
+
+ *buffer = (char *)zalloc(*length + 1);
+ if (NULL == *buffer)
+ {
+ fclose(fp);
+ return JB_ERR_MEMORY;
+ }
+
+ if (!fread(*buffer, *length, 1, fp))
+ {
+ /*
+ * May happen if the file size changes between fseek() and
+ * fread(). If it does, we just log it and serve what we got.
+ */
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
+ "Couldn't completely read file %s.", filename);
+ fclose(fp);
+ return JB_ERR_FILE;
+ }
+
+ fclose(fp);
+
+ return JB_ERR_OK;
+
+}
+