Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] XML: Escape double-hyphens in XML comment

To quote <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-comments>;: > For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen) must not occur within comments.

+/* + * Break sequence of hyphens by inserting (arbitrarily chosen) backslashes. + * <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-comments>;: + * > For compatibility, the string "--" (double-hyphen) must not occur within + * > comments. + */ +static int virXMLEmitEscapedComment(int fd, + const char *str) +{ + size_t len; + + if (!strstr(str, "--")) { + len = strlen(str); + if (safewrite(fd, str, len) != len) + return -1; + return 0; + } + + for (;*str;str++) {