abuf: Add a function to copy a buffer

It is useful to be able to copy an abuf, to allow changes while
preserving the original. Add a function for this.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

3 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/abuf.h b/include/abuf.h
index 749bb188b0c..bbb3c51f334 100644
--- a/include/abuf.h
+++ b/include/abuf.h
@@ -112,6 +112,17 @@ bool abuf_realloc(struct abuf *abuf, size_t new_size);
 bool abuf_realloc_inc(struct abuf *abuf, size_t inc);
 
 /**
+ * abuf_copy() - Make a copy of an abuf
+ *
+ * Creates an allocated copy of @old in @new
+ *
+ * @old: abuf to copy
+ * @new: new abuf to hold the copy (inited by this function)
+ * Return: true if OK, false if out of memory
+ */
+bool abuf_copy(const struct abuf *old, struct abuf *new);
+
+/**
  * abuf_uninit_move() - Return the allocated contents and uninit the abuf
  *
  * This returns the abuf data to the caller, allocating it if necessary, so that
diff --git a/lib/abuf.c b/lib/abuf.c
index 3cbe320fb08..28c748acb9f 100644
--- a/lib/abuf.c
+++ b/lib/abuf.c
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ bool abuf_init_size(struct abuf *buf, size_t size)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool abuf_copy(const struct abuf *old, struct abuf *copy)
+{
+	char *data;
+
+	data = malloc(old->size);
+	if (!data)
+		return false;
+	memcpy(data, old->data, old->size);
+	abuf_init_set(copy, data, old->size);
+	copy->alloced = true;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 void abuf_init_const(struct abuf *abuf, const void *data, size_t size)
 {
 	/* for now there is no flag indicating that the abuf data is constant */
diff --git a/test/lib/abuf.c b/test/lib/abuf.c
index cdc86aad988..96c77ed2379 100644
--- a/test/lib/abuf.c
+++ b/test/lib/abuf.c
@@ -420,6 +420,29 @@ static int lib_test_abuf_init(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 }
 LIB_TEST(lib_test_abuf_init, 0);
 
+/* Test abuf_copy() */
+static int lib_test_abuf_copy(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct abuf buf, copy;
+	ulong start;
+
+	start = ut_check_free();
+
+	abuf_init_set(&buf, test_data, TEST_DATA_LEN);
+	ut_assert(abuf_copy(&buf, &copy));
+	ut_asserteq(buf.size, copy.size);
+	ut_assert(buf.data != copy.data);
+	ut_assert(copy.alloced);
+	abuf_uninit(&copy);
+	abuf_uninit(&buf);
+
+	/* Check for memory leaks */
+	ut_assertok(ut_check_delta(start));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+LIB_TEST(lib_test_abuf_copy, 0);
+
 /* Test abuf_init_size() */
 static int lib_test_abuf_init_size(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 {