BUFFER

BUFFER is a convenience library for working with strings in C. Mainly, BUFFERs eliminate the need for tracking the string length, thus providing a safe alternative for string operations.

Also, they are super fast in printing and appending data to the string and its buffer_strlen() is just a lookup (it does not traverse the string).

Netdata uses BUFFERs for preparing web responses and buffering data to be sent upstream or to external databases.

Was this page helpful?

Let us know how we can do better:

Don't fill this out if you're human:

Need more help?

• Join our community
• Submit a bug or feature request for the FOSS agent
• Submit a bug or feature request for the Netdata cloud