path: root/src/util.h

/**
 * gammad -- Cooperative gamma server
 * Copyright (C) 2016  Mattias Andrée (maandree@kth.se)
 * 
 * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#include <stddef.h>



/**
 * Duplicate a memory segment
 * 
 * @param   src  The memory segment, must not be `NULL`
 * @param   n    The size of the memory segment, must not be zero
 * @return       The duplicate of the memory segment,
 *               `NULL` on error
 */
void* memdup(const void* src, size_t n);


/**
 * Read an entire file
 * 
 * @param   fd  The file descriptor
 * @param   n   Output for the size of the file
 * @return      The read content, plus a NUL byte at
 *              the end (not counted in `*n`)
 */
void* nread(int fd, size_t* n);