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Re: Libcurl patch.

 

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 10:50:08AM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> [snip] One thing he did that I
> asked him to do was make libcurl dynamically loadable since it isn't
> always necessary to load it at run time. [snip]

Is there a real noticeable advantage to this, though? It seems to me 
that it's just adding complexity - and possible bug space - for a 
theoretical improvement in load time. I certainly didn't notice my load 
time increase with the original libcurl patch.


> windows and linux but I would like one of our osx devs to please test it
> to make sure it works on osx when you get a chance.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wayne

> === modified file 'common/CMakeLists.txt'
> --- common/CMakeLists.txt	2015-12-21 20:30:33 +0000
> +++ common/CMakeLists.txt	2015-12-22 00:00:19 +0000
> @@ -283,7 +283,10 @@
>  add_library( common STATIC ${COMMON_SRCS} )
>  add_dependencies( common lib-dependencies )
>  add_dependencies( common version_header )
> -target_link_libraries( common ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${CURL_LIBRARIES} )
> +target_link_libraries( common
> +    ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
> +#    ${CURL_LIBRARIES}      we dynamically link to this ON DEMAND, not at load time
> +    )
>  
>  
>  set( PCB_COMMON_SRCS
> 
> === modified file 'common/footprint_info.cpp'
> --- common/footprint_info.cpp	2015-11-11 18:35:26 +0000
> +++ common/footprint_info.cpp	2015-12-22 00:00:19 +0000
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
>   * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
>   *
>   * Copyright (C) 2011 Jean-Pierre Charras, <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>
> - * Copyright (C) 2013 SoftPLC Corporation, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> + * Copyright (C) 2013-2016 SoftPLC Corporation, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>   * Copyright (C) 1992-2013 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
>   *
>   * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> @@ -28,7 +28,12 @@
>   */
>  
>  
> -#define USE_WORKER_THREADS      1       // 1:yes, 0:no. use worker thread to load libraries
> +/**
> +    No. concurrent threads doing "http(s) GET". More than 6 is not significantly
> +    faster, less than 6 is likely slower. Main thread is in this count, so if
> +    set to 1 then no temp threads are created.
> +*/
> +#define READER_THREADS      6
>  
>  /*
>   * Functions to read footprint libraries and fill m_footprints by available footprints names
> @@ -119,20 +124,13 @@
>  }
>  
>  
> -#define JOBZ                6       // no. libraries per worker thread.  It takes about
> -                                    // a second to load a GITHUB library, so assigning
> -                                    // this no. libraries to each thread should give a little
> -                                    // over this no. seconds total time if the original delay
> -                                    // were caused by latencies alone.
> -                                    // (If https://github.com does not mind.)
> -
>  #define NTOLERABLE_ERRORS   4       // max errors before aborting, although threads
>                                      // in progress will still pile on for a bit.  e.g. if 9 threads
>                                      // expect 9 greater than this.
>  
>  void FOOTPRINT_LIST::loader_job( const wxString* aNicknameList, int aJobZ )
>  {
> -    //DBG(printf( "%s: first:'%s' count:%d\n", __func__, (char*) TO_UTF8( *aNicknameList ), aJobZ );)
> +    DBG(printf( "%s: first:'%s' aJobZ:%d\n", __func__, TO_UTF8( *aNicknameList ), aJobZ );)
>  
>      for( int i=0; i<aJobZ; ++i )
>      {
> @@ -212,8 +210,6 @@
>          // do all of them
>          nicknames = aTable->GetLogicalLibs();
>  
> -#if USE_WORKER_THREADS
> -
>          // Even though the PLUGIN API implementation is the place for the
>          // locale toggling, in order to keep LOCAL_IO::C_count at 1 or greater
>          // for the duration of all helper threads, we increment by one here via instantiation.
> @@ -229,6 +225,8 @@
>  
>          MYTHREADS threads;
>  
> +        unsigned jobz = (nicknames.size() + READER_THREADS - 1) / READER_THREADS;
> +
>          // Give each thread JOBZ nicknames to process.  The last portion of, or if the entire
>          // size() is small, I'll do myself.
>          for( unsigned i=0; i<nicknames.size();  )
> @@ -240,18 +238,17 @@
>                  break;
>              }
>  
> -            int jobz = JOBZ;
> -
> -            if( i + jobz >= nicknames.size() )
> +            if( i + jobz >= nicknames.size() )  // on the last iteration of this for(;;)
>              {
>                  jobz = nicknames.size() - i;
>  
> -                // Only a little bit to do, I'll do it myself, on current thread.
> +                // Only a little bit to do, I'll do it myself on current thread.
> +                // I am part of the READER_THREADS count.
>                  loader_job( &nicknames[i], jobz );
>              }
>              else
>              {
> -                // Delegate the job to a worker thread created here.
> +                // Delegate the job to a temporary thread created here.
>                  threads.push_back( new boost::thread( &FOOTPRINT_LIST::loader_job,
>                          this, &nicknames[i], jobz ) );
>              }
> @@ -266,9 +263,6 @@
>          {
>              threads[i].join();
>          }
> -#else
> -        loader_job( &nicknames[0], nicknames.size() );
> -#endif
>  
>          m_list.sort();
>      }
> 
> === modified file 'common/kicad_curl/kicad_curl.cpp'
> --- common/kicad_curl/kicad_curl.cpp	2015-12-22 14:19:00 +0000
> +++ common/kicad_curl/kicad_curl.cpp	2015-12-24 15:04:12 +0000
> @@ -22,51 +22,190 @@
>   * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
>   */
>  
> +#include <wx/log.h>
> +#include <wx/dynlib.h>
> +
> +#include <macros.h>
>  #include <kicad_curl/kicad_curl.h>
> -
> -bool KICAD_CURL::Init()
> -{
> -    if ( curl_global_init( CURL_GLOBAL_ALL ) != CURLE_OK )
> -    {
> -        return false;
> -    }
> -    else
> -    {
> -        m_initialized = true;
> -        return true;
> +#include <ki_mutex.h>       // MUTEX and MUTLOCK
> +#include <richio.h>
> +
> +// These are even more private than class members, and since there is only
> +// one instance of KICAD_CURL ever, these statics are hidden here to simplify the
> +// client (API) header file.
> +static volatile bool s_initialized;
> +
> +static MUTEX s_lock;
> +
> +
> +void        (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::easy_cleanup)    ( CURL* curl );
> +CURL*       (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::easy_init)       ( void );
> +CURLcode    (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::easy_perform)    ( CURL* curl );
> +CURLcode    (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::easy_setopt)     ( CURL* curl, CURLoption option, ... );
> +const char* (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::easy_strerror)   ( CURLcode );
> +CURLcode    (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::global_init)     ( long flags );
> +void        (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::global_cleanup)  ( void );
> +curl_slist* (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::slist_append)    ( curl_slist*, const char* );
> +void        (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::slist_free_all)  ( curl_slist* );
> +char*       (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::version)         ( void );
> +curl_version_info_data* (CURL_EXTERN * KICAD_CURL::version_info) (CURLversion);
> +
> +
> +struct DYN_LOOKUP
> +{
> +    const char* name;
> +    void**      address;
> +};
> +
> +// May need to modify "name" for each platform according to how libcurl is built on
> +// that platform and the spelling or partial mangling of C function names.  On linux
> +// there is no mangling.
> +#define DYN_PAIR( basename )    { "curl_" #basename, (void**) &KICAD_CURL::basename }
> +
> +
> +const DYN_LOOKUP KICAD_CURL::dyn_funcs[] = {
> +    DYN_PAIR( easy_cleanup ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( easy_init ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( easy_perform ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( easy_setopt ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( easy_strerror ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( global_init ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( global_cleanup ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( slist_append ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( slist_free_all ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( version ),
> +    DYN_PAIR( version_info ),
> +};
> +
> +
> +void KICAD_CURL::Init()
> +{
> +    // We test s_initialized twice in an effort to avoid
> +    // unnecessarily locking s_lock.  This understands that the common case
> +    // will not need to lock.
> +    if( !s_initialized )
> +    {
> +        MUTLOCK lock( s_lock );
> +
> +        if( !s_initialized )
> +        {
> +            // dynamically load the library.
> +            wxDynamicLibrary dso;
> +            wxString canonicalName = dso.CanonicalizeName( wxT( "curl" ) );
> +
> +            // This is an ugly hack for MinGW builds.  We should probably use something
> +            // like objdump to get the actual library file name from the link file.
> +#if defined( __MINGW32__ )
> +            canonicalName = dso.CanonicalizeName( wxT( "curl-4" ) );
> +            canonicalName = wxT( "lib" ) + canonicalName;
> +#endif
> +
> +            if( !dso.Load( canonicalName, wxDL_NOW | wxDL_GLOBAL ) )
> +            {
> +                // Failure: error reporting UI was done via wxLogSysError().
> +
> +                std::string msg = StrPrintf( "%s not wxDynamicLibrary::Load()ed",
> +                                             static_cast<const char*>( canonicalName ) );
> +                THROW_IO_ERROR( msg );
> +            }
> +
> +            // get addresses.
> +
> +            for( unsigned i=0; i < DIM(dyn_funcs); ++i )
> +            {
> +                *dyn_funcs[i].address = dso.GetSymbol( dyn_funcs[i].name );
> +
> +                if( *dyn_funcs[i].address == NULL )
> +                {
> +                    // Failure: error reporting UI was done via wxLogSysError().
> +                    // No further reporting required here.
> +
> +                    std::string msg = StrPrintf( "%s has no function %s",
> +                            static_cast<const char*>( canonicalName ),
> +                            dyn_funcs[i].name
> +                            );
> +
> +                    THROW_IO_ERROR( msg );
> +                }
> +            }
> +
> +            if( KICAD_CURL::global_init( CURL_GLOBAL_ALL ) != CURLE_OK )
> +            {
> +                THROW_IO_ERROR( "curl_global_init() failed." );
> +            }
> +
> +            wxLogDebug( "Using %s", GetVersion() );
> +
> +            // Tell dso's wxDynamicLibrary destructor not to Unload() the program image,
> +            // since everything is fine before this.  In those cases where THROW_IO_ERROR
> +            // is called, dso is destroyed and the DSO/DLL is unloaded before returning in
> +            // those error cases.
> +            (void) dso.Detach();
> +
> +            s_initialized = true;
> +        }
>      }
>  }
>  
>  
>  void KICAD_CURL::Cleanup()
>  {
> -    if( m_initialized )
> -        curl_global_cleanup();
> -}
> -
> -
> -std::string KICAD_CURL::GetVersion()
> -{
> -    return std::string( curl_version() );
> +    /*
> +
> +    Calling MUTLOCK() from a static destructor will typically be bad, since the
> +    s_lock may already have been statically destroyed itself leading to a boost
> +    exception. (Remember C++ does not provide certain sequencing of static
> +    destructor invocation.)
> +
> +    To prevent this we test s_initialized twice, which ensures that the MUTLOCK
> +    is only instantiated on the first call, which should be from
> +    PGM_BASE::destroy() which is first called earlier than static destruction.
> +    Then when called again from the actual PGM_BASE::~PGM_BASE() function,
> +    MUTLOCK will not be instantiated because s_initialized will be false.
> +
> +    */
> +
> +    if( s_initialized )
> +    {
> +        MUTLOCK lock( s_lock );
> +
> +        if( s_initialized )
> +        {
> +
> +            KICAD_CURL::global_cleanup();
> +
> +            // dyn_funcs are not good for anything now, assuming process is ending soon here.
> +            for( unsigned i=0; i < DIM(dyn_funcs);  ++i )
> +            {
> +                *dyn_funcs[i].address = 0;
> +            }
> +
> +            s_initialized = false;
> +        }
> +    }
>  }
>  
>  
>  std::string KICAD_CURL::GetSimpleVersion()
>  {
> -    curl_version_info_data *info = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
> +    if( !s_initialized )
> +        Init();
> +
> +    curl_version_info_data *info = KICAD_CURL::version_info( CURLVERSION_NOW );
>  
>      std::string res;
>  
>      if( info->version )
>      {
> -        res += "libcurl version: " + std::string(info->version);
> +        res += "libcurl version: " + std::string( info->version );
>      }
>  
>      res += " (";
> +
>      if( info->features & CURL_VERSION_SSL )
>      {
>          res += "with SSL - ";
> -        res += std::string(info->ssl_version);
> +        res += std::string( info->ssl_version );
>      }
>      else
>      {
> @@ -76,5 +215,3 @@
>  
>      return res;
>  }
> -
> -bool KICAD_CURL::m_initialized = false;
> \ No newline at end of file
> 
> === modified file 'common/kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.cpp'
> --- common/kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.cpp	2015-12-22 14:19:00 +0000
> +++ common/kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.cpp	2015-12-23 20:21:01 +0000
> @@ -30,134 +30,70 @@
>  #include <sstream>
>  #include <richio.h>
>  
> -static size_t write_callback (void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp);
> -
> -
> -KICAD_CURL_EASY::KICAD_CURL_EASY()
> -    : m_headers( NULL )
> -{
> -    m_CURL = curl_easy_init();
> -
> -    if( m_CURL == NULL )
> +
> +static size_t write_callback( void* contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userp )
> +{
> +    size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
> +
> +    std::string* p = (std::string*) userp;
> +
> +    p->append( (const char*) contents, realsize );
> +
> +    return realsize;
> +}
> +
> +
> +KICAD_CURL_EASY::KICAD_CURL_EASY() :
> +    m_headers( NULL )
> +{
> +    // Call KICAD_CURL::Init() from in here everytime, but only the first time
> +    // will incur any overhead.  This strategy ensures that libcurl is never loaded
> +    // unless it is needed.
> +
> +    KICAD_CURL::Init();
> +
> +    // Do not catch exception from KICAD_CURL::Init() at this level.
> +    // Instantiation of this instance will fail if Init() throws, thus ensuring
> +    // that this instance cannot be subsequently used.
> +    // Caller needs a try catch around KICAD_CURL_EASY instantiation.
> +
> +    m_CURL = KICAD_CURL::easy_init();
> +
> +    if( !m_CURL )
>      {
>          THROW_IO_ERROR( "Unable to initialize CURL session" );
>      }
>  
> -    m_Buffer.Payload = (char*)malloc( 1 );
> -    m_Buffer.Size = 0;
> -
> -    curl_easy_setopt( m_CURL, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback );
> -    curl_easy_setopt( m_CURL, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void *)&m_Buffer );
> +    KICAD_CURL::easy_setopt( m_CURL, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback );
> +    KICAD_CURL::easy_setopt( m_CURL, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, (void*) &m_buffer );
>  }
>  
>  
>  KICAD_CURL_EASY::~KICAD_CURL_EASY()
>  {
> -    free(m_Buffer.Payload);
> -    curl_easy_cleanup(m_CURL);
> -}
> -
> -
> -bool KICAD_CURL_EASY::SetURL( const std::string& aURL )
> -{
> -    if( SetOption<const char *>( CURLOPT_URL, aURL.c_str() ) == CURLE_OK )
> -    {
> -        return true;
> -    }
> -    return false;
> -}
> -
> -
> -bool KICAD_CURL_EASY::SetUserAgent( const std::string& aAgent )
> -{
> -    if( SetOption<const char *>( CURLOPT_USERAGENT, aAgent.c_str() ) == CURLE_OK )
> -    {
> -        return true;
> -    }
> -    return false;
> -}
> -
> -
> -bool KICAD_CURL_EASY::SetFollowRedirects( bool aFollow )
> -{
> -    if( SetOption<long>( CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION , (aFollow ? 1 : 0) ) == CURLE_OK )
> -    {
> -        return true;
> -    }
> -    return false;
> -}
> -
> -
> -void KICAD_CURL_EASY::SetHeader( const std::string& aName, const std::string& aValue )
> -{
> -    std::string header = aName + ':' + aValue;
> -    m_headers = curl_slist_append( m_headers, header.c_str() );
> -}
> -
> -
> -std::string KICAD_CURL_EASY::GetErrorText(CURLcode code)
> -{
> -    return curl_easy_strerror(code);
> -}
> -
> -
> -static size_t write_callback( void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp )
> -{
> -    /* calculate buffer size */
> -    size_t realsize = size * nmemb;
> -
> -    /* cast pointer to fetch struct */
> -    struct KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER *p = ( struct KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER * ) userp;
> -
> -    /* expand buffer */
> -    p->Payload = (char *) realloc( p->Payload, p->Size + realsize + 1 );
> -
> -    /* check buffer */
> -    if ( p->Payload == NULL )
> -    {
> -        wxLogError( wxT( "Failed to expand buffer in curl_callback" ) );
> -
> -        /* free buffer */
> -        free( p->Payload );
> -
> -        return -1;
> -    }
> -
> -    /* copy contents to buffer */
> -    memcpy( &(p->Payload[p->Size]), contents, realsize );
> -
> -    /* set new buffer size */
> -    p->Size += realsize;
> -
> -    /* ensure null termination */
> -    p->Payload[p->Size] = 0;
> -
> -    /* return size */
> -    return realsize;
> +    if( m_headers )
> +        KICAD_CURL::slist_free_all( m_headers );
> +
> +    KICAD_CURL::easy_cleanup( m_CURL );
>  }
>  
>  
>  void KICAD_CURL_EASY::Perform()
>  {
> -    if( m_headers != NULL )
> -    {
> -        curl_easy_setopt( m_CURL, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, m_headers );
> -    }
> -
> -    if( m_Buffer.Size > 0 )
> -    {
> -        free( m_Buffer.Payload );
> -        m_Buffer.Payload = (char*)malloc( 1 );
> -        m_Buffer.Size = 0;
> -    }
> -
> -    CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform( m_CURL );
> +    if( m_headers )
> +    {
> +        KICAD_CURL::easy_setopt( m_CURL, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, m_headers );
> +    }
> +
> +    // bonus: retain worst case memory allocation, should re-use occur
> +    m_buffer.clear();
> +
> +    CURLcode res = KICAD_CURL::easy_perform( m_CURL );
> +
>      if( res != CURLE_OK )
>      {
> -        wxString msg = wxString::Format(
> -            _( "CURL Request Failed: %s" ),
> -            GetErrorText( res ) );
> -
> +        std::string msg = StrPrintf( "curl_easy_perform()=%d: %s",
> +                            res, GetErrorText( res ).c_str() );
>          THROW_IO_ERROR( msg );
>      }
> -}
> \ No newline at end of file
> +}
> 
> === modified file 'common/pgm_base.cpp'
> --- common/pgm_base.cpp	2015-12-21 20:30:33 +0000
> +++ common/pgm_base.cpp	2015-12-22 00:00:19 +0000
> @@ -283,7 +283,6 @@
>  PGM_BASE::~PGM_BASE()
>  {
>      destroy();
> -    KICAD_CURL::Cleanup();
>  }
>  
>  
> @@ -291,6 +290,8 @@
>  {
>      // unlike a normal destructor, this is designed to be called more than once safely:
>  
> +    KICAD_CURL::Cleanup();
> +
>      delete m_common_settings;
>      m_common_settings = 0;
>  
> @@ -495,13 +496,6 @@
>      wxSystemOptions::SetOption( wxOSX_FILEDIALOG_ALWAYS_SHOW_TYPES, 1 );
>  #endif
>  
> -    // Initialize CURL
> -    wxLogDebug( wxT( "Using %s" ), KICAD_CURL::GetVersion() );
> -    if( !KICAD_CURL::Init() )
> -    {
> -        wxLogDebug( wxT( "Error initializing libcurl" ) );
> -    }
> -
>      return true;
>  }
>  
> 
> === modified file 'include/kicad_curl/kicad_curl.h'
> --- include/kicad_curl/kicad_curl.h	2015-12-22 14:19:00 +0000
> +++ include/kicad_curl/kicad_curl.h	2015-12-24 14:28:51 +0000
> @@ -44,12 +44,27 @@
>  #include <curl/curl.h>
>  #include <string>
>  
> +// CURL_EXTERN expands to dllimport on MinGW which causes gcc warnings.  This really should
> +// expand to nothing on MinGW.
> +#if defined( __MINGW32__)
> +#  if defined( CURL_EXTERN )
> +#    undef CURL_EXTERN
> +#    define CURL_EXTERN
> +#  endif
> +#endif
> +
> +
> +struct DYN_LOOKUP;
> +
> +
>  /**
>   * Class KICAD_CURL
>   * simple wrapper class to call curl_global_init and curl_global_cleanup for KiCad.
>   */
>  class KICAD_CURL
>  {
> +    friend class KICAD_CURL_EASY;
> +
>  public:
>      /**
>       * Function Init
> @@ -57,8 +72,9 @@
>       * and before any curl functions that perform requests.
>       *
>       * @return bool - True if successful, false if CURL returned an error
> +     * @throw IO_ERROR on failure, hopefully with helpful text in it.
>       */
> -    static bool Init();
> +    static void Init();
>  
>      /**
>       * Function Cleanup
> @@ -71,9 +87,14 @@
>       * Function GetVersion
>       * wrapper for curl_version(). Reports back a short string of loaded libraries.
>       *
> -     * @return std::string - String reported by libcurl
> +     * @return const char* - String reported by libcurl and owned by it.
> +     * @throw IO_ERROR on failure, hopefully with helpful text in it.
>       */
> -    static std::string GetVersion();
> +    static const char* GetVersion()
> +    {
> +        return KICAD_CURL::version();
> +    }
> +
>  
>      /**
>       * Function GetSimpleVersion
> @@ -83,7 +104,25 @@
>       */
>      static std::string GetSimpleVersion();
>  private:
> -    static bool m_initialized;
> +
> +    // Alphabetically:
> +    // dynamically looked up libcurl function pointers whose prototypes were
> +    // taken from the system's libcurl headers.
> +
> +    static void         (CURL_EXTERN * easy_cleanup)    ( CURL* curl );
> +    static CURL*        (CURL_EXTERN * easy_init)       ( void );
> +    static CURLcode     (CURL_EXTERN * easy_perform)    ( CURL* curl );
> +    static CURLcode     (CURL_EXTERN * easy_setopt)     ( CURL* curl, CURLoption option, ... );
> +    static const char*  (CURL_EXTERN * easy_strerror)   ( CURLcode );
> +    static CURLcode     (CURL_EXTERN * global_init)     ( long flags );
> +    static void         (CURL_EXTERN * global_cleanup)  ( void );
> +    static curl_slist*  (CURL_EXTERN * slist_append)    ( curl_slist*, const char* );
> +    static void         (CURL_EXTERN * slist_free_all)  ( curl_slist* );
> +    static char*        (CURL_EXTERN * version)         ( void );
> +    static curl_version_info_data* (CURL_EXTERN * version_info) (CURLversion);
> +
> +    /// A tuple of ASCII function names and pointers to pointers to functions
> +    static const DYN_LOOKUP dyn_funcs[];
>  };
>  
> -#endif // KICAD_CURL_H_
> \ No newline at end of file
> +#endif // KICAD_CURL_H_
> 
> === modified file 'include/kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h'
> --- include/kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h	2015-12-22 14:19:00 +0000
> +++ include/kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h	2015-12-23 20:25:18 +0000
> @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
>  /*
>   * KICAD_CURL_EASY.h must included before wxWidgets because on Windows,
>   * wxWidgets ends up including windows.h before winsocks2.h inside curl
> - * this causes build warnings 
> + * this causes build warnings
>   * Because we are before wx, we must explicitly define we are building with unicode
>   * wxWidgets defaults to supporting unicode now, so this should be safe.
>   */
> @@ -42,19 +42,9 @@
>  #endif
>  
>  
> +#include <string>
>  #include <curl/curl.h>
> -#include <string>
> -
> -/**
> - * Struct KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER
> - * is a struct used for storing the libcurl received data in its callbacks.
> - * Do not use directly, KICAD_CURL_EASY uses it.
> - */
> -struct KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER
> -{
> -    char* Payload;
> -    size_t Size;
> -};
> +#include <kicad_curl/kicad_curl.h>
>  
>  
>  /**
> @@ -67,9 +57,10 @@
>   * Here is a small example usage:
>   * @code
>   *   KICAD_CURL_EASY curl;
> - *   curl.SetURL("http://github.com";);
> - *   curl.SetUserAgent("KiCad-EDA");
> - *   curl.SetHeader("Accept", "application/json");
> + *
> + *   curl.SetURL( "http://github.com"; );
> + *   curl.SetUserAgent( <http-client-indentifier> );
> + *   curl.SetHeader( "Accept", "application/json" );
>   *   curl.Perform();
>   * @endcode
>   */
> @@ -95,7 +86,11 @@
>       * @param aName is the left hand side of the header, i.e. Accept without the colon
>       * @param aValue is the right hand side of the header, i.e. application/json
>       */
> -    void SetHeader( const std::string& aName, const std::string& aValue );
> +    void SetHeader( const std::string& aName, const std::string& aValue )
> +    {
> +        std::string header = aName + ':' + aValue;
> +        m_headers = KICAD_CURL::slist_append( m_headers, header.c_str() );
> +    }
>  
>      /**
>       * Function SetUserAgent
> @@ -104,7 +99,14 @@
>       * @param aAgent is the string to set for the user agent
>       * @return bool - True if successful, false if not
>       */
> -    bool SetUserAgent( const std::string& aAgent );
> +    bool SetUserAgent( const std::string& aAgent )
> +    {
> +        if( SetOption<const char*>( CURLOPT_USERAGENT, aAgent.c_str() ) == CURLE_OK )
> +        {
> +            return true;
> +        }
> +        return false;
> +    }
>  
>      /**
>       * Function SetURL
> @@ -113,7 +115,14 @@
>       * @param aURL is the URL
>       * @return bool - True if successful, false if not
>       */
> -    bool SetURL( const std::string& aURL );
> +    bool SetURL( const std::string& aURL )
> +    {
> +        if( SetOption<const char *>( CURLOPT_URL, aURL.c_str() ) == CURLE_OK )
> +        {
> +            return true;
> +        }
> +        return false;
> +    }
>  
>      /**
>       * Function SetFollowRedirects
> @@ -123,16 +132,26 @@
>       * @param aFollow is a boolean where true will enable following redirects
>       * @return bool - True if successful, false if not
>       */
> -    bool SetFollowRedirects( bool aFollow );
> +    bool SetFollowRedirects( bool aFollow )
> +    {
> +        if( SetOption<long>( CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION , (aFollow ? 1 : 0) ) == CURLE_OK )
> +        {
> +            return true;
> +        }
> +        return false;
> +    }
>  
>      /**
>       * Function GetErrorText
>       * fetches CURL's "friendly" error string for a given error code
>       *
>       * @param aCode is CURL error code
> -     * @return std::string - the corresponding error string for the given code
> +     * @return const std::string - the corresponding error string for the given code
>       */
> -    std::string GetErrorText( CURLcode aCode );
> +    const std::string GetErrorText( CURLcode aCode )
> +    {
> +        return KICAD_CURL::easy_strerror( aCode );
> +    }
>  
>      /**
>       * Function SetOption
> @@ -143,24 +162,23 @@
>       * @return CURLcode - CURL error code, will return CURLE_OK unless a problem was encountered
>       */
>      template <typename T> CURLcode SetOption( CURLoption aOption, T aArg )
> -    { 
> -        return curl_easy_setopt( m_CURL, aOption, aArg ); 
> +    {
> +        return KICAD_CURL::easy_setopt( m_CURL, aOption, aArg );
>      }
>  
>      /**
>       * Function GetBuffer
> -     * returns a const pointer to the data buffer
> -     *
> -     * @return KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER* - pointer to buffer
> +     * returns a const reference to the recevied data buffer
>       */
> -    const KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER* GetBuffer()
> +    const std::string& GetBuffer()
>      {
> -        return &m_Buffer;
> +        return m_buffer;
>      }
> +
>  private:
> -    CURL *m_CURL;
> -    struct curl_slist *m_headers;
> -    struct KICAD_EASY_CURL_BUFFER m_Buffer;
> +    CURL*           m_CURL;
> +    curl_slist*     m_headers;
> +    std::string     m_buffer;
>  };
>  
> -#endif // KICAD_CURL_EASY_H_
> \ No newline at end of file
> +#endif // KICAD_CURL_EASY_H_
> 
> === modified file 'pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt'
> --- pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt	2015-12-21 14:55:31 +0000
> +++ pcbnew/CMakeLists.txt	2015-12-23 20:33:58 +0000
> @@ -426,11 +426,11 @@
>          pcad2kicadpcb
>          lib_dxf
>          idf3
> -        ${GITHUB_PLUGIN_LIBRARIES}
>          polygon
>          bitmaps
>          gal
>          ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
> +        ${GITHUB_PLUGIN_LIBRARIES}
>          ${GDI_PLUS_LIBRARIES}
>          ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}
>          ${PCBNEW_EXTRA_LIBS}
> @@ -594,8 +594,8 @@
>      gal
>      lib_dxf
>      idf3
> +    ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
>      ${GITHUB_PLUGIN_LIBRARIES}
> -    ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}
>      ${GDI_PLUS_LIBRARIES}
>      ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}
>      ${Boost_LIBRARIES}      # must follow GITHUB
> 
> === modified file 'pcbnew/github/github_getliblist.cpp'
> --- pcbnew/github/github_getliblist.cpp	2015-12-22 14:19:00 +0000
> +++ pcbnew/github/github_getliblist.cpp	2015-12-23 20:41:03 +0000
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
>   *  JP Charras.
>   */
>  
> -#include <kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h> /* Include before any wx file */
> +#include <kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h>     // Include before any wx file
>  #include <wx/uri.h>
>  
>  #include <github_getliblist.h>
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
>                          bool (*aFilter)( const wxString& aData ) )
>  {
>      std::string fullURLCommand;
> +
>      strcpy( m_option_string, "text/html" );
>  
>      wxString repoURL = m_repoURL;
> @@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
>      std::string fullURLCommand;
>      int page = 1;
>      int itemCountMax = 99;              // Do not use a valu > 100, it does not work
> +
>      strcpy( m_option_string, "application/json" );
>  
>      // Github max items returned is 100 per page
> @@ -212,16 +214,15 @@
>  
>      wxLogDebug( wxT( "Attempting to download: " ) + aFullURLCommand );
>  
> -    kcurl.SetURL(aFullURLCommand);
> -    kcurl.SetUserAgent("KiCad-EDA");
> -    kcurl.SetHeader("Accept", m_option_string);
> -    kcurl.SetFollowRedirects(true);
> +    kcurl.SetURL( aFullURLCommand );
> +    kcurl.SetUserAgent( "http://kicad-pcb.org"; );
> +    kcurl.SetHeader( "Accept", m_option_string );
> +    kcurl.SetFollowRedirects( true );
>  
>      try
>      {
>          kcurl.Perform();
> -        m_image.reserve( kcurl.GetBuffer()->Size );
> -        m_image.assign( kcurl.GetBuffer()->Payload, kcurl.GetBuffer()->Size );
> +        m_image = kcurl.GetBuffer();
>          return true;
>      }
>      catch( const IO_ERROR& ioe )
> @@ -229,8 +230,8 @@
>          if( aMsgError )
>          {
>              UTF8 fmt( _( "Error fetching JSON data from URL '%s'.\nReason: '%s'" ) );
> -            
> -            std::string msg = StrPrintf( fmt.c_str(), 
> +
> +            std::string msg = StrPrintf( fmt.c_str(),
>                                           aFullURLCommand.c_str(),
>                                           TO_UTF8( ioe.errorText ) );
>  
> @@ -238,4 +239,4 @@
>          }
>          return false;
>      }
> -}
> \ No newline at end of file
> +}
> 
> === modified file 'pcbnew/github/github_plugin.cpp'
> --- pcbnew/github/github_plugin.cpp	2015-12-22 14:19:00 +0000
> +++ pcbnew/github/github_plugin.cpp	2015-12-23 20:40:56 +0000
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
>  mechanism can be found, or github gets more servers.  But note that the occasionally
>  slow response is the exception rather than the norm.  Normally the response is
>  down around a 1/3 of a second.  The information we would use is in the header
> -named "Last-Modified" as seen below. 
> +named "Last-Modified" as seen below.
>  
>  
>  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> @@ -61,10 +61,9 @@
>  Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
>  X-GitHub-Request-Id: 411087C2:659E:50FD6E6:52E67F66
>  Vary: Accept-Encoding
> -
>  */
> -#include <kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h> /* Include before any wx file */
>  
> +#include <kicad_curl/kicad_curl_easy.h>     // Include before any wx file
>  #include <sstream>
>  #include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_map.hpp>
>  #include <set>
> @@ -122,7 +121,7 @@
>  
>  const wxString GITHUB_PLUGIN::PluginName() const
>  {
> -    return wxT( "Github" );
> +    return "Github";
>  }
>  
>  
> @@ -391,7 +390,7 @@
>  
>                  if( !wx_pretty_fn.IsOk() ||
>                      !wx_pretty_fn.IsDirWritable() ||
> -                    wx_pretty_fn.GetExt() != wxT( "pretty" )
> +                    wx_pretty_fn.GetExt() != "pretty"
>                    )
>                  {
>                      wxString msg = wxString::Format(
> @@ -408,7 +407,7 @@
>          }
>  
>          // operator==( wxString, wxChar* ) does not exist, construct wxString once here.
> -        const wxString    kicad_mod( wxT( "kicad_mod" ) );
> +        const wxString    kicad_mod( "kicad_mod" );
>  
>          //D(printf("%s: this:%p  m_lib_path:'%s'  aLibraryPath:'%s'\n", __func__, this, TO_UTF8( m_lib_path), TO_UTF8(aLibraryPath) );)
>          m_gh_cache = new GH_CACHE();
> @@ -443,7 +442,7 @@
>  }
>  
>  
> -bool GITHUB_PLUGIN::repoURL_zipURL( const wxString& aRepoURL, std::string& aZipURL )
> +bool GITHUB_PLUGIN::repoURL_zipURL( const wxString& aRepoURL, std::string* aZipURL )
>  {
>      // e.g. "https://github.com/liftoff-sr/pretty_footprints";
>      //D(printf("aRepoURL:%s\n", TO_UTF8( aRepoURL ) );)
> @@ -509,7 +508,7 @@
>              // this code path with the needs of one particular inflexible server.
>          }
>  
> -        aZipURL = zip_url.utf8_str();
> +        *aZipURL = zip_url.utf8_str();
>          return true;
>      }
>      return false;
> @@ -520,7 +519,7 @@
>  {
>      std::string  zip_url;
>  
> -    if( !repoURL_zipURL( aRepoURL, zip_url ) )
> +    if( !repoURL_zipURL( aRepoURL, &zip_url ) )
>      {
>          wxString msg = wxString::Format( _( "Unable to parse URL:\n'%s'" ), GetChars( aRepoURL ) );
>          THROW_IO_ERROR( msg );
> @@ -528,27 +527,31 @@
>  
>      wxLogDebug( wxT( "Attempting to download: " ) + zip_url );
>  
> -    KICAD_CURL_EASY kcurl;
> +    KICAD_CURL_EASY kcurl;      // this can THROW_IO_ERROR
>  
> -    kcurl.SetURL(zip_url.c_str());
> -    kcurl.SetUserAgent("KiCad-EDA");
> -    kcurl.SetHeader("Accept", "application/zip");
> -    kcurl.SetFollowRedirects(true);
> +    kcurl.SetURL( zip_url.c_str() );
> +    kcurl.SetUserAgent( "http://kicad-pcb.org"; );
> +    kcurl.SetHeader( "Accept", "application/zip" );
> +    kcurl.SetFollowRedirects( true );
>  
>      try
>      {
>          kcurl.Perform();
> -        m_zip_image.reserve( kcurl.GetBuffer()->Size );
> -        m_zip_image.assign( kcurl.GetBuffer()->Payload, kcurl.GetBuffer()->Size );
> +        m_zip_image = kcurl.GetBuffer();
>      }
>      catch( const IO_ERROR& ioe )
>      {
> +        // https "GET" has faild, report this to API caller.
> +        static const char errorcmd[] = "http GET command failed";  // Do not translate this message
> +
>          UTF8 fmt( _( "%s\nCannot get/download Zip archive: '%s'\nfor library path: '%s'.\nReason: '%s'" ) );
>  
> -        std::string msg = StrPrintf( fmt.c_str(), 
> -                                     zip_url.c_str(), 
> +        std::string msg = StrPrintf( fmt.c_str(),
> +                                     errorcmd,
> +                                     zip_url.c_str(),
>                                       TO_UTF8( aRepoURL ),
> -                                     TO_UTF8( ioe.errorText ) );
> +                                     TO_UTF8( ioe.errorText )
> +                                     );
>  
>          THROW_IO_ERROR( msg );
>      }
> @@ -565,7 +568,7 @@
>      try
>      {
>          wxArrayString fps = gh.FootprintEnumerate(
> -                wxT( "https://github.com/liftoff-sr/pretty_footprints"; ),
> +                "https://github.com/liftoff-sr/pretty_footprints";,
>                  NULL
>                  );
>  
> 
> === modified file 'pcbnew/github/github_plugin.h'
> --- pcbnew/github/github_plugin.h	2015-12-21 20:30:33 +0000
> +++ pcbnew/github/github_plugin.h	2015-12-22 00:00:19 +0000
> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
>       * @param  aZipURL is where to put the zip file URL.
>       * @return bool - true if @a aRepoULR was parseable, else false
>       */
> -    static bool repoURL_zipURL( const wxString& aRepoURL, std::string& aZipURL );
> +    static bool repoURL_zipURL( const wxString& aRepoURL, std::string* aZipURL );
>  
>      /**
>       * Function remoteGetZip
> 

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