Document how tested prefix lengths are chosen
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@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ void parse_prefixes( const data_t *input,
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size_t buffer_size;
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int ret;
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/* Test every prefix of the input, except the empty string.
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* The first byte of the string is the tag. Without a tag byte,
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* we wouldn't know what to parse the input as.
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*/
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for( buffer_size = 1; buffer_size <= input->len; buffer_size++ )
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{
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test_set_step( buffer_size );
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@ -221,6 +225,12 @@ void get_len( const data_t *input, int actual_length_arg )
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size_t actual_length = actual_length_arg;
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size_t buffer_size;
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/* Test prefixes of a buffer containing the given length string
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* followed by `actual_length` bytes of payload. To save a bit of
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* time, we skip some "boring" prefixes: we don't test prefixes where
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* the payload is truncated more than one byte away from either end,
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* and we only test the empty string on a 1-byte input.
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*/
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for( buffer_size = 1; buffer_size <= input->len + 1; buffer_size++ )
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{
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if( ! get_len_step( input, buffer_size, actual_length ) )
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