return raw - build_id;
 }
 
+/* asnprintf consolidates asprintf and snprintf */
+static int asnprintf(char **strp, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+       va_list ap;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!strp)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       va_start(ap, fmt);
+       if (*strp)
+               ret = vsnprintf(*strp, size, fmt, ap);
+       else
+               ret = vasprintf(strp, fmt, ap);
+       va_end(ap);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static char *build_id__filename(const char *sbuild_id, char *bf, size_t size)
+{
+       char *tmp = bf;
+       int ret = asnprintf(&bf, size, "%s/.build-id/%.2s/%s", buildid_dir,
+                           sbuild_id, sbuild_id + 2);
+       if (ret < 0 || (tmp && size < (unsigned int)ret))
+               return NULL;
+       return bf;
+}
+
 char *dso__build_id_filename(const struct dso *dso, char *bf, size_t size)
 {
        char build_id_hex[BUILD_ID_SIZE * 2 + 1];
                return NULL;
 
        build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id, sizeof(dso->build_id), build_id_hex);
-       if (bf == NULL) {
-               if (asprintf(&bf, "%s/.build-id/%.2s/%s", buildid_dir,
-                            build_id_hex, build_id_hex + 2) < 0)
-                       return NULL;
-       } else
-               snprintf(bf, size, "%s/.build-id/%.2s/%s", buildid_dir,
-                        build_id_hex, build_id_hex + 2);
-       return bf;
+       return build_id__filename(build_id_hex, bf, size);
 }
 
 #define dsos__for_each_with_build_id(pos, head)        \
 {
        const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
        char *realname, *filename = zalloc(size),
-            *linkname = zalloc(size), *targetname;
+            *linkname = zalloc(size), *targetname, *tmp;
        int len, err = -1;
        bool slash = is_kallsyms || is_vdso;
 
                        goto out_free;
        }
 
-       len = scnprintf(linkname, size, "%s/.build-id/%.2s",
-                       buildid_dir, sbuild_id);
+       if (!build_id__filename(sbuild_id, linkname, size))
+               goto out_free;
+       tmp = strrchr(linkname, '/');
+       *tmp = '\0';
 
        if (access(linkname, X_OK) && mkdir_p(linkname, 0755))
                goto out_free;
 
-       snprintf(linkname + len, size - len, "/%s", sbuild_id + 2);
+       *tmp = '/';
        targetname = filename + strlen(buildid_dir) - 5;
        memcpy(targetname, "../..", 5);
 
 {
        const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
        char *filename = zalloc(size),
-            *linkname = zalloc(size);
+            *linkname = zalloc(size), *tmp;
        int err = -1;
 
        if (filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)
                goto out_free;
 
-       snprintf(linkname, size, "%s/.build-id/%.2s/%s",
-                buildid_dir, sbuild_id, sbuild_id + 2);
+       if (!build_id__filename(sbuild_id, linkname, size))
+               goto out_free;
 
        if (access(linkname, F_OK))
                goto out_free;
        /*
         * Since the link is relative, we must make it absolute:
         */
-       snprintf(linkname, size, "%s/.build-id/%.2s/%s",
-                buildid_dir, sbuild_id, filename);
+       tmp = strrchr(linkname, '/') + 1;
+       snprintf(tmp, size - (tmp - linkname), "%s", filename);
 
        if (unlink(linkname))
                goto out_free;