Merge branch 'bug8929_rebase_2'

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/util.c b/src/common/util.c
index d9913dda45..0e8d34eafd 100644
--- a/src/common/util.c
+++ b/src/common/util.c
@@ -1223,17 +1223,14 @@ escaped(const char *s)
   return escaped_val_;
 }
 
-/** Escape every ";" or "\" character of <b>string</b>. Use
- *  <b>escape_char</b> as the character to use for escaping.
- *  The returned string is allocated on the heap and it's the
- *  responsibility of the caller to free it. */
+/** Return a newly allocated string equal to <b>string</b>, except that every
+ * character in <b>chars_to_escape</b> is preceded by a backslash. */
 char *
-tor_escape_str_for_socks_arg(const char *string)
+tor_escape_str_for_pt_args(const char *string, const char *chars_to_escape)
 {
   char *new_string = NULL;
   char *new_cp = NULL;
   size_t length, new_length;
-  static const char *chars_to_escape = ";\\";
 
   tor_assert(string);
 
diff --git a/src/common/util.h b/src/common/util.h
index ad75266587..0a8e4a23fc 100644
--- a/src/common/util.h
+++ b/src/common/util.h
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ int tor_digest256_is_zero(const char *digest);
 char *esc_for_log(const char *string) ATTR_MALLOC;
 const char *escaped(const char *string);
 
-char *tor_escape_str_for_socks_arg(const char *string);
+char *tor_escape_str_for_pt_args(const char *string,
+                                 const char *chars_to_escape);
 
 struct smartlist_t;
 int tor_vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *pattern, va_list ap) \