2 files changed, 53 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index 2827ca772a..db2fb29ac3 100644
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -280,28 +280,39 @@ static int packet_length(const char *linelen)
 	return (val < 0) ? val : (val << 8) | hex2chr(linelen + 2);
 }
 
-int packet_read(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_len,
-		char *buffer, unsigned size, int options)
+enum packet_read_status packet_read_with_status(int fd, char **src_buffer,
+						size_t *src_len, char *buffer,
+						unsigned size, int *pktlen,
+						int options)
 {
-	int len, ret;
+	int len;
 	char linelen[4];
 
-	ret = get_packet_data(fd, src_buf, src_len, linelen, 4, options);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	if (get_packet_data(fd, src_buffer, src_len, linelen, 4, options) < 0) {
+		*pktlen = -1;
+		return PACKET_READ_EOF;
+	}
+
 	len = packet_length(linelen);
-	if (len < 0)
+
+	if (len < 0) {
 		die("protocol error: bad line length character: %.4s", linelen);
-	if (!len) {
+	} else if (!len) {
 		packet_trace("0000", 4, 0);
-		return 0;
+		*pktlen = 0;
+		return PACKET_READ_FLUSH;
+	} else if (len < 4) {
+		die("protocol error: bad line length %d", len);
 	}
+
 	len -= 4;
-	if (len >= size)
+	if ((unsigned)len >= size)
 		die("protocol error: bad line length %d", len);
-	ret = get_packet_data(fd, src_buf, src_len, buffer, len, options);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+
+	if (get_packet_data(fd, src_buffer, src_len, buffer, len, options) < 0) {
+		*pktlen = -1;
+		return PACKET_READ_EOF;
+	}
 
 	if ((options & PACKET_READ_CHOMP_NEWLINE) &&
 	    len && buffer[len-1] == '\n')
@@ -309,7 +320,19 @@ int packet_read(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_len,
 
 	buffer[len] = 0;
 	packet_trace(buffer, len, 0);
-	return len;
+	*pktlen = len;
+	return PACKET_READ_NORMAL;
+}
+
+int packet_read(int fd, char **src_buffer, size_t *src_len,
+		char *buffer, unsigned size, int options)
+{
+	int pktlen = -1;
+
+	packet_read_with_status(fd, src_buffer, src_len, buffer, size,
+				&pktlen, options);
+
+	return pktlen;
 }
 
 static char *packet_read_line_generic(int fd,
diff --git a/pkt-line.h b/pkt-line.h
index 3dad583e2d..099b26b95f 100644
--- a/pkt-line.h
+++ b/pkt-line.h
@@ -66,6 +66,22 @@ int packet_read(int fd, char **src_buffer, size_t *src_len, char
 		*buffer, unsigned size, int options);
 
 /*
+ * Read a packetized line into a buffer like the 'packet_read()' function but
+ * returns an 'enum packet_read_status' which indicates the status of the read.
+ * The number of bytes read will be assigined to *pktlen if the status of the
+ * read was 'PACKET_READ_NORMAL'.
+ */
+enum packet_read_status {
+	PACKET_READ_EOF,
+	PACKET_READ_NORMAL,
+	PACKET_READ_FLUSH,
+};
+enum packet_read_status packet_read_with_status(int fd, char **src_buffer,
+						size_t *src_len, char *buffer,
+						unsigned size, int *pktlen,
+						int options);
+
+/*
  * Convenience wrapper for packet_read that is not gentle, and sets the
  * CHOMP_NEWLINE option. The return value is NULL for a flush packet,
  * and otherwise points to a static buffer (that may be overwritten by