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-rw-r--r--source3/lib/data_blob.c12
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diff --git a/source3/lib/data_blob.c b/source3/lib/data_blob.c
index 8bbbc32d7b..daba17df14 100644
--- a/source3/lib/data_blob.c
+++ b/source3/lib/data_blob.c
@@ -144,3 +144,15 @@ DATA_BLOB data_blob_const(const void *p, size_t length)
blob.free = NULL;
return blob;
}
+
+/**
+ construct a zero data blob, using supplied TALLOC_CTX.
+ use this sparingly as it initialises data - better to initialise
+ yourself if you want specific data in the blob
+**/
+DATA_BLOB data_blob_talloc_zero(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, size_t length)
+{
+ DATA_BLOB blob = data_blob_talloc(mem_ctx, NULL, length);
+ data_blob_clear(&blob);
+ return blob;
+}