The API makes a deep copy of a NULL-terminated string list.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar(a)redhat.com>
---
src/util/virstring.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/util/virstring.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 0288d1e677..820b282ac5 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -239,6 +239,43 @@ virStringListRemove(char ***strings,
}
+/**
+ * virStringListCopy:
+ * @dst: where to store the copy of @strings
+ * @src: a NULL-terminated array of strings
+ *
+ * Makes a deep copy of the @src string list and stores it in @dst. Callers
+ * are responsible for freeing both @dst and @src.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ */
+int
+virStringListCopy(char ***dst,
+ const char **src)
+{
+ char **copy = NULL;
+ size_t i;
+
+ if (!src)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (VIR_ALLOC_N(copy, virStringListLength(src) + 1) < 0)
+ goto error;
+
+ for (i = 0; src[i]; i++) {
+ if (VIR_STRDUP(copy[i], src[i]) < 0)
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ *dst = copy;
+ return 0;
+
+ error:
+ virStringListFree(copy);
+ return -1;
+}
+
+
/**
* virStringListFree:
* @str_array: a NULL-terminated array of strings to free
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.h b/src/util/virstring.h
index 1290fcce15..cfd91be314 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.h
+++ b/src/util/virstring.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ char **virStringListAdd(const char **strings,
void virStringListRemove(char ***strings,
const char *item);
+int virStringListCopy(char ***dst,
+ const char **src);
+
void virStringListFree(char **strings);
void virStringListFreeCount(char **strings,
size_t count);
--
2.14.2