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+/* Variable-sized buffer with on-stack default allocation.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef _SCRATCH_BUFFER_H
+#define _SCRATCH_BUFFER_H
+
+/* Scratch buffers with a default stack allocation and fallback to
+   heap allocation.  It is expected that this function is used in this
+   way:
+
+     struct scratch_buffer tmpbuf;
+     scratch_buffer_init (&tmpbuf);
+
+     while (!function_that_uses_buffer (tmpbuf.data, tmpbuf.length))
+       if (!scratch_buffer_grow (&tmpbuf))
+	 return -1;
+
+     scratch_buffer_free (&tmpbuf);
+     return 0;
+
+   The allocation functions (scratch_buffer_grow,
+   scratch_buffer_grow_preserve, scratch_buffer_set_array_size) make
+   sure that the heap allocation, if any, is freed, so that the code
+   above does not have a memory leak.  The buffer still remains in a
+   state that can be deallocated using scratch_buffer_free, so a loop
+   like this is valid as well:
+
+     struct scratch_buffer tmpbuf;
+     scratch_buffer_init (&tmpbuf);
+
+     while (!function_that_uses_buffer (tmpbuf.data, tmpbuf.length))
+       if (!scratch_buffer_grow (&tmpbuf))
+	 break;
+
+     scratch_buffer_free (&tmpbuf);
+
+   scratch_buffer_grow and scratch_buffer_grow_preserve are guaranteed
+   to grow the buffer by at least 512 bytes.  This means that when
+   using the scratch buffer as a backing store for a non-character
+   array whose element size, in bytes, is 512 or smaller, the scratch
+   buffer only has to grow once to make room for at least one more
+   element.
+*/
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <libc-internal.h>
+
+/* Scratch buffer.  Must be initialized with scratch_buffer_init
+   before its use.  */
+struct scratch_buffer {
+  void *data;    /* Pointer to the beginning of the scratch area.  */
+  size_t length; /* Allocated space at the data pointer, in bytes.  */
+  char __space[1024]
+    __attribute__ ((aligned (__alignof__ (libc_max_align_t))));
+};
+
+/* Initializes *BUFFER so that BUFFER->data points to BUFFER->__space
+   and BUFFER->length reflects the available space.  */
+static inline void
+scratch_buffer_init (struct scratch_buffer *buffer)
+{
+  buffer->data = buffer->__space;
+  buffer->length = sizeof (buffer->__space);
+}
+
+/* Deallocates *BUFFER (if it was heap-allocated).  */
+static inline void
+scratch_buffer_free (struct scratch_buffer *buffer)
+{
+  if (buffer->data != buffer->__space)
+    free (buffer->data);
+}
+
+/* Grow *BUFFER by some arbitrary amount.  The buffer contents is NOT
+   preserved.  Return true on success, false on allocation failure (in
+   which case the old buffer is freed).  On success, the new buffer is
+   larger than the previous size.  On failure, *BUFFER is deallocated,
+   but remains in a free-able state, and errno is set.  */
+bool __libc_scratch_buffer_grow (struct scratch_buffer *buffer);
+libc_hidden_proto (__libc_scratch_buffer_grow)
+
+/* Alias for __libc_scratch_buffer_grow.  */
+static __always_inline bool
+scratch_buffer_grow (struct scratch_buffer *buffer)
+{
+  return __glibc_likely (__libc_scratch_buffer_grow (buffer));
+}
+
+/* Like __libc_scratch_buffer_grow, but preserve the old buffer
+   contents on success, as a prefix of the new buffer.  */
+bool __libc_scratch_buffer_grow_preserve (struct scratch_buffer *buffer);
+libc_hidden_proto (__libc_scratch_buffer_grow_preserve)
+
+/* Alias for __libc_scratch_buffer_grow_preserve.  */
+static __always_inline bool
+scratch_buffer_grow_preserve (struct scratch_buffer *buffer)
+{
+  return __glibc_likely (__libc_scratch_buffer_grow_preserve (buffer));
+}
+
+/* Grow *BUFFER so that it can store at least NELEM elements of SIZE
+   bytes.  The buffer contents are NOT preserved.  Both NELEM and SIZE
+   can be zero.  Return true on success, false on allocation failure
+   (in which case the old buffer is freed, but *BUFFER remains in a
+   free-able state, and errno is set).  It is unspecified whether this
+   function can reduce the array size.  */
+bool __libc_scratch_buffer_set_array_size (struct scratch_buffer *buffer,
+					   size_t nelem, size_t size);
+libc_hidden_proto (__libc_scratch_buffer_set_array_size)
+
+/* Alias for __libc_scratch_set_array_size.  */
+static __always_inline bool
+scratch_buffer_set_array_size (struct scratch_buffer *buffer,
+			       size_t nelem, size_t size)
+{
+  return __glibc_likely (__libc_scratch_buffer_set_array_size
+			 (buffer, nelem, size));
+}
+
+#endif /* _SCRATCH_BUFFER_H */