1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/talloc.c b/source3/lib/talloc.c
index 0e223e8bbe..35c4ddaf31 100644
--- a/source3/lib/talloc.c
+++ b/source3/lib/talloc.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,46 @@ char *talloc_asprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, ...)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int talloc_vasprintf_len(const void *t, char **res, const char *fmt,
+			 va_list ap)
+{	
+	int len;
+	va_list ap2;
+	char c;
+	
+	VA_COPY(ap2, ap);
+
+	/* this call looks strange, but it makes it work on older solaris boxes */
+	if ((len = vsnprintf(&c, 1, fmt, ap2)) < 0) {
+		return len;
+	}
+
+	*res = (char *)_talloc(t, len+1);
+	if (*res) {
+		VA_COPY(ap2, ap);
+		vsnprintf(*res, len+1, fmt, ap2);
+		talloc_set_name_const(*res, *res);
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+
+/*
+  Perform string formatting, and return a pointer to newly allocated
+  memory holding the result, inside a memory pool.
+ */
+int talloc_asprintf_len(const void *t, char **res, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	int len;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	len = talloc_vasprintf_len(t, res, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	return len;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Realloc @p s to append the formatted result of @p fmt and @p ap,