+ int fd;
+ int alloc, size, r, max;
+ char *buf, *buf2;
+
+ NEED_ROOT (NULL);
+ ABS_PATH (path,NULL);
+
+ CHROOT_IN;
+ fd = open (path, O_RDONLY);
+ CHROOT_OUT;
+
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ reply_with_perror ("open: %s", path);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /* Read up to GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - <overhead> bytes. If it's
+ * larger than that, we need to return an error instead (for
+ * correctness).
+ */
+ max = GUESTFS_MESSAGE_MAX - 1000;
+ buf = NULL;
+ size = alloc = 0;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ if (size >= alloc) {
+ alloc += 8192;
+ if (alloc > max) {
+ reply_with_error ("cat: %s: file is too large for message buffer",
+ path);
+ free (buf);
+ close (fd);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ buf2 = realloc (buf, alloc);
+ if (buf2 == NULL) {
+ reply_with_perror ("realloc");
+ free (buf);
+ close (fd);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ buf = buf2;
+ }
+
+ r = read (fd, buf + size, alloc - size);
+ if (r == -1) {
+ reply_with_perror ("read: %s", path);
+ free (buf);
+ close (fd);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ if (r == 0) {
+ buf[size] = '\0';
+ break;
+ }
+ if (r > 0)
+ size += r;
+ }
+
+ if (close (fd) == -1) {
+ reply_with_perror ("close: %s", path);
+ free (buf);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return buf; /* caller will free */