2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.c b/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.c
index 7d78aa8120..889388173f 100644
--- a/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.c
+++ b/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.c
@@ -309,6 +309,33 @@ const char *libnetapi_get_error_string(struct libnetapi_ctx *ctx,
 /****************************************************************
 ****************************************************************/
 
+NET_API_STATUS NetApiBufferAllocate(uint32_t byte_count,
+				    void **buffer)
+{
+	void *buf = NULL;
+
+	if (!buffer) {
+		return W_ERROR_V(WERR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER);
+	}
+
+	if (byte_count == 0) {
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	buf = talloc_size(NULL, byte_count);
+	if (!buf) {
+		return W_ERROR_V(WERR_NOMEM);
+	}
+
+ done:
+	*buffer = buf;
+
+	return NET_API_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/****************************************************************
+****************************************************************/
+
 NET_API_STATUS NetApiBufferFree(void *buffer)
 {
 	if (!buffer) {
diff --git a/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.h b/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.h
index 2c6b667123..9cc8e9eca4 100644
--- a/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.h
+++ b/source3/lib/netapi/netapi.h
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ const char *libnetapi_errstr(NET_API_STATUS status);
 const char *libnetapi_get_error_string(struct libnetapi_ctx *ctx,
 				       NET_API_STATUS status);
 
+/****************************************************************
+ NetApiBufferAllocate
+****************************************************************/
+
+NET_API_STATUS NetApiBufferAllocate(uint32_t byte_count,
+				    void **buffer);
 
 /****************************************************************
  NetApiBufferFree