+ * buffer size is doubled until the underlying call to vsnprintf() succeeds
+ * or the size of the buffer exceeds the maximal size specified in \a pb.
+ *
+ * In the latter case the unmodified \a buf and \a offset values as well as the
+ * private_data pointer of \a b are passed to the \a max_size_handler of \a b.
+ * If this function succeeds, i.e. returns a non-negative value, the offset of
+ * \a b is reset to zero and the given data is written to the beginning of the
+ * buffer.
+ *