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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/data.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/data.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation version 2.1 * of the License. * - * Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> + * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> */ /** - * @ingroup utils + * @ingroup core * @defgroup data Abstract Data * @{ */ @@ -56,11 +56,25 @@ struct nl_data *nl_data_alloc(void *buf, size_t size) return data; errout: - nl_errno(ENOMEM); return NULL; } /** + * Allocate abstract data object based on netlink attribute. + * @arg nla Netlink attribute of unspecific type. + * + * Allocates a new abstract data and copies the payload of the + * attribute to the abstract data object. + * + * @see nla_data_alloc + * @return Newly allocated data handle or NULL + */ +struct nl_data *nl_data_alloc_attr(struct nlattr *nla) +{ + return nl_data_alloc(nla_data(nla), nla_len(nla)); +} + +/** * Clone an abstract data object. * @arg src Abstract data object * @@ -90,7 +104,7 @@ int nl_data_append(struct nl_data *data, void *buf, size_t size) if (size > 0) { data->d_data = realloc(data->d_data, data->d_size + size); if (!data->d_data) - return nl_errno(ENOMEM); + return -NLE_NOMEM; if (buf) memcpy(data->d_data + data->d_size, buf, size); |