2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index a54e879953..fc6f668726 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -7137,3 +7137,24 @@ int unquote_many_words(const char **p, ...) {
 
         return c;
 }
+
+int free_and_strdup(char **p, const char *s) {
+        char *t;
+
+        assert(p);
+
+        /* Replaces a string pointer with an strdup()ed new string,
+         * possibly freeing the old one. */
+
+        if (s) {
+                t = strdup(s);
+                if (!t)
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+        } else
+                t = NULL;
+
+        free(*p);
+        *p = t;
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 8cd47b8294..cd947dbbef 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -978,3 +978,5 @@ int is_symlink(const char *path);
 
 int unquote_first_word(const char **p, char **ret);
 int unquote_many_words(const char **p, ...) _sentinel_;
+
+int free_and_strdup(char **p, const char *s);