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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __PERF_STRBUF_H
+#define __PERF_STRBUF_H
+
+/*
+ * Strbuf's can be use in many ways: as a byte array, or to store arbitrary
+ * long, overflow safe strings.
+ *
+ * Strbufs has some invariants that are very important to keep in mind:
+ *
+ * 1. the ->buf member is always malloc-ed, hence strbuf's can be used to
+ *    build complex strings/buffers whose final size isn't easily known.
+ *
+ *    It is NOT legal to copy the ->buf pointer away.
+ *    `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detachs a buffer from its shell
+ *    while keeping the shell valid wrt its invariants.
+ *
+ * 2. the ->buf member is a byte array that has at least ->len + 1 bytes
+ *    allocated. The extra byte is used to store a '\0', allowing the ->buf
+ *    member to be a valid C-string. Every strbuf function ensure this
+ *    invariant is preserved.
+ *
+ *    Note that it is OK to "play" with the buffer directly if you work it
+ *    that way:
+ *
+ *    strbuf_grow(sb, SOME_SIZE);
+ *       ... Here, the memory array starting at sb->buf, and of length
+ *       ... strbuf_avail(sb) is all yours, and you are sure that
+ *       ... strbuf_avail(sb) is at least SOME_SIZE.
+ *    strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + SOME_OTHER_SIZE);
+ *
+ *    Of course, SOME_OTHER_SIZE must be smaller or equal to strbuf_avail(sb).
+ *
+ *    Doing so is safe, though if it has to be done in many places, adding the
+ *    missing API to the strbuf module is the way to go.
+ *
+ *    XXX: do _not_ assume that the area that is yours is of size ->alloc - 1
+ *         even if it's true in the current implementation. Alloc is somehow a
+ *         "private" member that should not be messed with.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+extern char strbuf_slopbuf[];
+struct strbuf {
+	size_t alloc;
+	size_t len;
+	char *buf;
+};
+
+#define STRBUF_INIT  { 0, 0, strbuf_slopbuf }
+
+/*----- strbuf life cycle -----*/
+int strbuf_init(struct strbuf *buf, ssize_t hint);
+void strbuf_release(struct strbuf *buf);
+char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *buf, size_t *);
+
+/*----- strbuf size related -----*/
+static inline ssize_t strbuf_avail(const struct strbuf *sb) {
+	return sb->alloc ? sb->alloc - sb->len - 1 : 0;
+}
+
+int strbuf_grow(struct strbuf *buf, size_t);
+
+static inline int strbuf_setlen(struct strbuf *sb, size_t len) {
+	if (!sb->alloc) {
+		int ret = strbuf_grow(sb, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+	assert(len < sb->alloc);
+	sb->len = len;
+	sb->buf[len] = '\0';
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*----- add data in your buffer -----*/
+int strbuf_addch(struct strbuf *sb, int c);
+
+int strbuf_add(struct strbuf *buf, const void *, size_t);
+static inline int strbuf_addstr(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s) {
+	return strbuf_add(sb, s, strlen(s));
+}
+
+int strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...) __printf(2, 3);
+
+/* XXX: if read fails, any partial read is undone */
+ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *, int fd, ssize_t hint);
+
+#endif /* __PERF_STRBUF_H */