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diff --git a/tools/lib/api/io.h b/tools/lib/api/io.h
index 777c20f6b604..d5e8cf0dada0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/io.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/io.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
#ifndef __API_IO__
#define __API_IO__
+#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
struct io {
@@ -112,4 +114,47 @@ static inline int io__get_dec(struct io *io, __u64 *dec)
}
}
+/* Read up to and including the first newline following the pattern of getline. */
+static inline ssize_t io__getline(struct io *io, char **line_out, size_t *line_len_out)
+{
+ char buf[128];
+ int buf_pos = 0;
+ char *line = NULL, *temp;
+ size_t line_len = 0;
+ int ch = 0;
+
+ /* TODO: reuse previously allocated memory. */
+ free(*line_out);
+ while (ch != '\n') {
+ ch = io__get_char(io);
+
+ if (ch < 0)
+ break;
+
+ if (buf_pos == sizeof(buf)) {
+ temp = realloc(line, line_len + sizeof(buf));
+ if (!temp)
+ goto err_out;
+ line = temp;
+ memcpy(&line[line_len], buf, sizeof(buf));
+ line_len += sizeof(buf);
+ buf_pos = 0;
+ }
+ buf[buf_pos++] = (char)ch;
+ }
+ temp = realloc(line, line_len + buf_pos + 1);
+ if (!temp)
+ goto err_out;
+ line = temp;
+ memcpy(&line[line_len], buf, buf_pos);
+ line[line_len + buf_pos] = '\0';
+ line_len += buf_pos;
+ *line_out = line;
+ *line_len_out = line_len;
+ return line_len;
+err_out:
+ free(line);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
#endif /* __API_IO__ */