diff --git a/qemud/buf.c b/qemud/buf.c
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+++ b/qemud/buf.c
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+/*
+ * buf.c: buffers for qemud
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+ *
+ * Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#include "libvirt/libvirt.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "buf.h"
+
+/**
+ * bufferGrow:
+ * @buf:  the buffer
+ * @len:  the minimum free size to allocate
+ *
+ * Grow the available space of an XML buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns the new available space or -1 in case of error
+ */
+static int
+bufferGrow(bufferPtr buf, unsigned int len)
+{
+    int size;
+    char *newbuf;
+
+    if (buf == NULL)
+        return (-1);
+    if (len + buf->use < buf->size)
+        return (0);
+
+    size = buf->use + len + 1000;
+
+    newbuf = (char *) realloc(buf->content, size);
+    if (newbuf == NULL) return -1;
+    buf->content = newbuf;
+    buf->size = size;
+    return (buf->size - buf->use);
+}
+
+/**
+ * bufferAdd:
+ * @buf:  the buffer to dump
+ * @str:  the string
+ * @len:  the number of bytes to add
+ *
+ * Add a string range to an XML buffer. if len == -1, the length of
+ * str is recomputed to the full string.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 successful, -1 in case of internal or API error.
+ */
+int
+bufferAdd(bufferPtr buf, const char *str, int len)
+{
+    unsigned int needSize;
+
+    if ((str == NULL) || (buf == NULL)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (len == 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    if (len < 0)
+        len = strlen(str);
+
+    needSize = buf->use + len + 2;
+    if (needSize > buf->size) {
+        if (!bufferGrow(buf, needSize)) {
+            return (-1);
+        }
+    }
+    /* XXX: memmove() is 2x slower than memcpy(), do we really need it? */
+    memmove(&buf->content[buf->use], str, len);
+    buf->use += len;
+    buf->content[buf->use] = 0;
+    return (0);
+}
+
+bufferPtr
+bufferNew(unsigned int size)
+{
+    bufferPtr buf;
+
+    if (!(buf = malloc(sizeof(*buf)))) return NULL;
+    if (size && (buf->content = malloc(size))==NULL) {
+        free(buf);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    buf->size = size;
+    buf->use = 0;
+
+    return buf;
+}
+
+void
+bufferFree(bufferPtr buf)
+{
+    if (buf) {
+        if (buf->content)
+            free(buf->content);
+        free(buf);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * bufferContentAndFree:
+ * @buf: Buffer
+ *
+ * Return the content from the buffer and free (only) the buffer structure.
+ */
+char *
+bufferContentAndFree (bufferPtr buf)
+{
+    char *content;
+
+    content = buf->content;
+
+    /* Try to reduce the size of the block, but if it fails, it doesn't
+     * matter.
+     */
+    if (buf->use < buf->size) {
+        char *old_content = content;
+        content = realloc (content, buf->use);
+        content = content ? content : old_content;
+    }
+
+    free (buf);
+    return content;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bufferVSprintf:
+ * @buf:  the buffer to dump
+ * @format:  the format
+ * @argptr:  the variable list of arguments
+ *
+ * Do a formatted print to an XML buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 successful, -1 in case of internal or API error.
+ */
+int
+bufferVSprintf(bufferPtr buf, const char *format, ...)
+{
+    int size, count;
+    va_list locarg, argptr;
+
+    if ((format == NULL) || (buf == NULL)) {
+        return (-1);
+    }
+    size = buf->size - buf->use - 1;
+    va_start(argptr, format);
+    va_copy(locarg, argptr);
+    while (((count = vsnprintf(&buf->content[buf->use], size, format,
+                               locarg)) < 0) || (count >= size - 1)) {
+        buf->content[buf->use] = 0;
+        va_end(locarg);
+        if (bufferGrow(buf, 1000) < 0) {
+            return (-1);
+        }
+        size = buf->size - buf->use - 1;
+        va_copy(locarg, argptr);
+    }
+    va_end(locarg);
+    buf->use += count;
+    buf->content[buf->use] = 0;
+    return (0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * bufferStrcat:
+ * @buf:  the buffer to dump
+ * @argptr:  the variable list of strings, the last argument must be NULL
+ *
+ * Concatenate strings to an XML buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 successful, -1 in case of internal or API error.
+ */
+int
+bufferStrcat(bufferPtr buf, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    char *str;
+
+    va_start(ap, buf);
+
+    while ((str = va_arg(ap, char *)) != NULL) {
+        unsigned int len = strlen(str);
+        unsigned int needSize = buf->use + len + 2;
+
+        if (needSize > buf->size) {
+            if (!bufferGrow(buf, needSize))
+                return -1;
+        }
+        memcpy(&buf->content[buf->use], str, len);
+        buf->use += len;
+        buf->content[buf->use] = 0;
+    }
+    va_end(ap);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * vim: set tabstop=4:
+ * vim: set shiftwidth=4:
+ * vim: set expandtab:
+ */
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ *  indent-tabs-mode: nil
+ *  c-indent-level: 4
+ *  c-basic-offset: 4
+ *  tab-width: 4
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/qemud/buf.h b/qemud/buf.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bfe2caa72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemud/buf.h
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+/*
+ * buf.h: buffers for qemud
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * See COPYING.LIB for the License of this software
+ *
+ * Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __QEMUD_BUF_H__
+#define __QEMUD_BUF_H__
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+/**
+ * buffer:
+ *
+ * A buffer structure.
+ */
+typedef struct _buffer buffer;
+typedef buffer *bufferPtr;
+struct _buffer {
+    char *content;          /* The buffer content UTF8 */
+    unsigned int use;       /* The buffer size used */
+    unsigned int size;      /* The buffer size */
+};
+
+bufferPtr bufferNew(unsigned int size);
+void bufferFree(bufferPtr buf);
+char *bufferContentAndFree(bufferPtr buf);
+int bufferAdd(bufferPtr buf, const char *str, int len);
+int bufferVSprintf(bufferPtr buf, const char *format, ...)
+  ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(printf, 2, 3);
+int bufferStrcat(bufferPtr buf, ...);
+
+#endif                          /* __QEMUD_BUF_H__ */