nginx "%*s" 格式化输出日志乱码问题

在做 http模块 reload 功能时有个遍历 static_location 三叉树的需求，写完想着检验一下遍历的是否正确，于是就输出了一些打印日志，但是发现日志中有很多乱码，gdb 调试 slen = va_arg(args, size_t);获取的字符串长度为 236223201284 ，和我传进去的node->len完全对不上，后来发现 node->len成员的类型竟然是 u_char，和size_t 没有匹配上。好隐蔽的错误, 为了不修改结构体，就老老实实用 “%V” 了.

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code

/* 递归遍历三叉树 */
static void
ngx_http_log_foreach_static_location(ngx_http_location_tree_node_t *node, ngx_uint_t flags)
{
    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t   *clcf;
    ngx_http_log_loc_conf_t    *llcf;
    ngx_str_t                   name;

    if (node == NULL) {
        return;
    }

    ngx_http_log_foreach_static_location(node->left, flags);
    ngx_http_log_foreach_static_location(node->right, flags);

    if (node->exact) {
        clcf = node->exact;


    } else {

        ngx_http_log_foreach_static_location(node->tree, flags);
        clcf = node->inclusive; 
    }

    llcf = clcf->loc_conf[ngx_http_log_module.ctx_index];

    if (llcf->off) {
        return;
    }

    name.data = node->name;
    name.len = (size_t)node->len;

   /* 修改前的代码 */
   ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, ngx_cycle->log, 0,
       "foreach location: \"%*s\"", node->len, node->name);

    /* 修改后的代码 */
    ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, ngx_cycle->log, 0,
        "foreach location: %V", &name);
}

gdb

306             while (*fmt >= '0' && *fmt <= '9') {
(gdb) 
312                 switch (*fmt) {
(gdb) p *fmt
$60 = 42 '*'
(gdb) n
346                     slen = va_arg(args, size_t);
(gdb) 
347                     fmt++;
(gdb) p slen
$61 = 236223201284 //这个值出来以后另我很诧异
(gdb) p *fmt
$62 = 42 '*'
(gdb) n
348                     continue;
(gdb) 
355             }
(gdb) 
312                 switch (*fmt) {
(gdb) 
354                 break;
(gdb) 
358             switch (*fmt) {
(gdb) 
379                 p = va_arg(args, u_char *);
(gdb) 
381                 if (slen == (size_t) -1) {
(gdb) p p
$64 = (u_char *) 0x60a75ea ".xsl"
(gdb) n
387                     len = ngx_min(((size_t) (last - buf)), slen);
(gdb) 
                        /* buf 默认大小为2048，拷贝进去很多无效字符 */                  
388                     buf = ngx_cpymem(buf, p, len);