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diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index 6c8abb03..1f37eb59 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@ void *xzalloc(size_t size)
// Die unless we can change the size of an existing allocation, possibly
// moving it. (Notice different arguments from libc function.)
-void xrealloc(void **ptr, size_t size)
+void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
{
- *ptr = realloc(*ptr, size);
- if (!*ptr) error_exit("xrealloc");
+ ptr = realloc(ptr, size);
+ if (!ptr) error_exit("xrealloc");
+
+ return ptr;
}
// Die unless we can allocate a copy of this many bytes of string.
@@ -452,6 +454,30 @@ off_t fdlength(int fd)
return pos + 1;
}
+// This can return null (meaning file not found). It just won't return null
+// for memory allocation reasons.
+char *xreadlink(char *name)
+{
+ int len, size = 0;
+ char *buf = 0;
+
+ // Grow by 64 byte chunks until it's big enough.
+ for(;;) {
+ size +=64;
+ buf = xrealloc(buf, size);
+ len = readlink(name, buf, size);
+
+ if (len<0) {
+ free(buf);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (len<size) {
+ buf[len]=0;
+ return buf;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/*
This might be of use or might not. Unknown yet...