From 728b72bc91ef123031e8bc68b10e498856e9bc57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PedroEdiaz <ppedroediaz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:37:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] pikevm return how much it consumes

---
 pikevm.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pikevm.h b/pikevm.h
index e9d6d5e..25118c9 100644
--- a/pikevm.h
+++ b/pikevm.h
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int re_pikevm(rcode *prog, const char *s, const char **subp, int nsubp)
 	rthread *clist = _clist, *nlist = _nlist, *tmp;
 	int rsubsize = prog->presub, suboff = 0;
 	int cnt, spc, i, c, osubp = nsubp * sizeof(char*);
-	int si = 0, clistidx = 0, nlistidx, mcont = MATCH;
+	int si = 0, clistidx = 0, nlistidx, mcont = MATCH, len = -1;
 	unsigned int sdense[prog->sparsesz], sparsesz = 0;
 	char nsubs[prog->sub];
 	goto jmp_start;
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ static int re_pikevm(rcode *prog, const char *s, const char **subp, int nsubp)
 				matched:
 				nlist[nlistidx++].pc = &mcont;
 				if (npc != &mcont) {
+					len = sp-s;
 					if (matched)
 						decref(matched)
 					matched = nsub;
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ static int re_pikevm(rcode *prog, const char *s, const char **subp, int nsubp)
 						subp[i] = matched->sub[i >> 1];
 						subp[i+1] = matched->sub[(nsubp >> 1) + (i >> 1)];
 					}
-					return 1;
+					return len;
 				}
 				swaplist()
 				goto _continue;