perf tools: Add memdup function
Adding memdup function to duplicate region of memory.
void *memdup(const void *src, size_t len)
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347295819-23177-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index 199bc4d..3217059 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#include "util.h"
-#include "string.h"
+#include "linux/string.h"
#define K 1024LL
/*
@@ -335,3 +335,19 @@
return s;
}
+
+/**
+ * memdup - duplicate region of memory
+ * @src: memory region to duplicate
+ * @len: memory region length
+ */
+void *memdup(const void *src, size_t len)
+{
+ void *p;
+
+ p = malloc(len);
+ if (p)
+ memcpy(p, src, len);
+
+ return p;
+}
