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diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 150b85ea..1bc208c6 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -1287,6 +1287,68 @@ int _alpm_fnmatch(const void *pattern, const void *string)
return fnmatch(pattern, string, 0);
}
+/** Think of this as realloc with error handling. If realloc fails NULL will be
+ * returned and data will not be changed.
+ *
+ * Newly created memory will be zeroed.
+ *
+ * @param data source memory space
+ * @param current size of the space pointed to by data
+ * @param required size you want
+ * @return new memory; NULL on error
+ */
+void *_alpm_realloc(void **data, size_t *current, const size_t required)
+{
+ char *newdata;
+
+ newdata = realloc(*data, required);
+ if(!newdata) {
+ _alpm_alloc_fail(required);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (*current < required) {
+ /* ensure all new memory is zeroed out, in both the initial
+ * allocation and later reallocs */
+ memset(newdata + *current, 0, required - *current);
+ }
+ *current = required;
+ *data = newdata;
+ return newdata;
+}
+
+/** This automatically grows data based on current/required.
+ *
+ * The memory space will be initialised to required bytes and doubled in size when required.
+ *
+ * Newly created memory will be zeroed.
+ * @param data source memory space
+ * @param current size of the space pointed to by data
+ * @param required size you want
+ * @return new memory if grown; old memory otherwise; NULL on error
+ */
+void *_alpm_greedy_grow(void **data, size_t *current, const size_t required)
+{
+ size_t newsize = 0;
+
+ if(*current >= required) {
+ return data;
+ }
+
+ if(*current == 0) {
+ newsize = required;
+ } else {
+ newsize = *current * 2;
+ }
+
+ /* check for overflows */
+ if (newsize < required) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return _alpm_realloc(data, current, required);
+}
+
void _alpm_alloc_fail(size_t size)
{
fprintf(stderr, "alloc failure: could not allocate %zd bytes\n", size);