From 3166392242437ccdbda0958ff6b7fd8e7923fb5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Cherry <cherry@parallaxsw.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 20:42:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] makeTmpString

Signed-off-by: James Cherry <cherry@parallaxsw.com>
---
 util/StringUtil.cc | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/StringUtil.cc b/util/StringUtil.cc
index 02c5edfc..bdde20e1 100644
--- a/util/StringUtil.cc
+++ b/util/StringUtil.cc
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
 #include <cctype>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <array>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 #include "Machine.hh"
 #include "Mutex.hh"
 
 namespace sta {
 
+using std::max;
+
 static void
 stringPrintTmp(const char *fmt,
 	       va_list args,
@@ -199,9 +202,10 @@ makeTmpString(size_t length)
   if (tmp_length < length) {
     // String isn't long enough.  Make a new one.
     delete [] tmp_str;
-    tmp_str = new char[length];
+    tmp_length = max(tmp_string_initial_length, length);
+    tmp_str = new char[tmp_length];
     tmp_strings[tmp_string_next] = tmp_str;
-    tmp_string_lengths[tmp_string_next] = length;
+    tmp_string_lengths[tmp_string_next] = tmp_length;
   }
   tmp_string_next++;
   return tmp_str;