1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index 29c7b2cb2521..f0b0c008c507 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -387,3 +387,27 @@ void *memdup(const void *src, size_t len)
 
 	return p;
 }
+
+/**
+ * str_append - reallocate string and append another
+ * @s: pointer to string pointer
+ * @len: pointer to len (initialized)
+ * @a: string to append.
+ */
+int str_append(char **s, int *len, const char *a)
+{
+	int olen = *s ? strlen(*s) : 0;
+	int nlen = olen + strlen(a) + 1;
+	if (*len < nlen) {
+		*len = *len * 2;
+		if (*len < nlen)
+			*len = nlen;
+		*s = realloc(*s, *len);
+		if (!*s)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (olen == 0)
+			**s = 0;
+	}
+	strcat(*s, a);
+	return 0;
+}