+static char const *escape_label_value(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size,
+ char const *value) {
+ /* shortcut for values that don't need escaping. */
+ if (strpbrk(value, "\n\"\\") == NULL)
+ return value;
+
+ size_t value_len = strlen(value);
+ size_t buffer_len = 0;
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < value_len; i++) {
+ switch (value[i]) {
+ case '\n':
+ case '"':
+ case '\\':
+ if ((buffer_size - buffer_len) < 3) {
+ break;
+ }
+ buffer[buffer_len] = '\\';
+ buffer[buffer_len + 1] = (value[i] == '\n') ? 'n' : value[i];
+ buffer_len += 2;
+ break;
+
+ default:
+ if ((buffer_size - buffer_len) < 2) {
+ break;
+ }
+ buffer[buffer_len] = value[i];
+ buffer_len++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ assert(buffer_len < buffer_size);
+ buffer[buffer_len] = 0;
+ return buffer;
+}
+