Merge remote-tracking branch 'public/ticket21037'

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/crypto_format.c b/src/common/crypto_format.c
index 483013ee68..aa2a9d1fb0 100644
--- a/src/common/crypto_format.c
+++ b/src/common/crypto_format.c
@@ -161,16 +161,21 @@ curve25519_public_from_base64(curve25519_public_key_t *pkey,
   }
 }
 
-/** For convenience: Convert <b>pkey</b> to a statically allocated base64
- * string and return it. Not threadsafe. Subsequent calls invalidate
+/** For logging convenience: Convert <b>pkey</b> to a statically allocated
+ * base64 string and return it. Not threadsafe. Format not meant to be
+ * computer-readable; it may change in the future. Subsequent calls invalidate
  * previous returns. */
 const char *
 ed25519_fmt(const ed25519_public_key_t *pkey)
 {
   static char formatted[ED25519_BASE64_LEN+1];
   if (pkey) {
-    int r = ed25519_public_to_base64(formatted, pkey);
-    tor_assert(!r);
+    if (ed25519_public_key_is_zero(pkey)) {
+      strlcpy(formatted, "<unset>", sizeof(formatted));
+    } else {
+      int r = ed25519_public_to_base64(formatted, pkey);
+      tor_assert(!r);
+    }
   } else {
     strlcpy(formatted, "<null>", sizeof(formatted));
   }