JG> +CMPIStatus cu_dup_instance(const CMPIBroker *broker, JG> + CMPIInstance *src, JG> + CMPIInstance **dest) JG> +{ JG> + CMPIStatus s = {CMPI_RC_OK, NULL}; JG> + CMPIObjectPath *ref; JG> + JG> + ref = CMGetObjectPath(src, NULL); JG> + if ((s.rc != CMPI_RC_OK) || CMIsNullObject(ref)) { JG> + cu_statusf(broker, &s, JG> + CMPI_RC_ERR_FAILED, JG> + "Could not get objectpath from instance"); JG> + goto out; JG> + } JG> + JG> + *dest = NULL; Why set it to NULL and then set it to the instance right after this? JG> + *dest = CMNewInstance(broker, ref, &s); JG> + JG> + out: JG> + return s; JG> +} What about all the properties of the instance? This gets a new instance structure, yes, but all it has is an object path. Maybe that is all you need at the moment, but I don't think this does what other consumers of the library would think by the name :) It should be easy to loop through all the properties and copy them over. It will look similar to the array copy/filter code in Kaitlin's libcmpiutil CO patch. -- Dan Smith IBM Linux Technology Center Open Hypervisor Team email: danms@us.ibm.com