- if (blob_id(head) == BLOBMSG_TYPE_TABLE && name) {
- head = blobmsg_new(buf, type, name, 0, &data);
- blob_set_raw_len(buf->head, blob_pad_len(buf->head) - blobmsg_hdrlen(strlen(name)));
- buf->head = head;
- return (void *)offset;
- }
+ head = blobmsg_new(buf, type, name, 0, &data);
+ blob_set_raw_len(buf->head, blob_pad_len(buf->head) - blobmsg_hdrlen(strlen(name)));
+ buf->head = head;
+ return (void *)offset;
+}
+
+void *
+blobmsg_alloc_string_buffer(struct blob_buf *buf, const char *name, int maxlen)
+{
+ struct blob_attr *attr;
+ void *data_dest;
+
+ attr = blobmsg_new(buf, BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING, name, maxlen, &data_dest);
+ if (!attr)
+ return NULL;
+
+ data_dest = blobmsg_data(attr);
+ blob_set_raw_len(buf->head, blob_pad_len(buf->head) - blob_pad_len(attr));
+ blob_set_raw_len(attr, blob_raw_len(attr) - maxlen);