[Libguestfs] [PATCH libguestfs 2/3] daemon: Add filter_list utility function.
For filtering lists of strings based on a predicate.
---
daemon/daemon.h | 1 +
daemon/utils.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.h b/daemon/daemon.h
index 4d7504b3f..a16953f23 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.h
+++ b/daemon/daemon.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ extern void free_stringsbuf (struct stringsbuf *sb);
extern struct stringsbuf split_lines_sb (char *str);
extern char **split_lines (char *str);
extern char **empty_list (void);
+extern char **filter_list (int (*p) (const char *), char **strs);
extern int is_power_of_2 (unsigned long v);
extern void trim (char *str);
extern int parse_btrfsvol (const char *desc, mountable_t *mountable);
diff --git a/daemon/utils.c b/daemon/utils.c
index 1cf1b07f6..1fc8d2c80 100644
--- a/daemon/utils.c
+++ b/daemon/utils.c
@@ -482,6 +482,28 @@ empty_list (void)
return ret.argv;
}
+/**
+ * Filter a list of strings. Returns a newly allocated list of only
+ * the strings where C<p (str) != 0>.
+ */
+char **
+filter_list (int (*p) (const char *str), char **strs)
+{
+ DECLARE_STRINGSBUF (ret);
+ size_t i;
+
+ for (i = 0; strs[i] != NULL; ++i) {
+ if (p (strs[i]) != 0) {
+ if (add_string (&ret, strs[i]) == -1)
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ if (end_stringsbuf (&ret) == -1)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return take_stringsbuf (&ret);
+}
+
/**
* Skip leading and trailing whitespace, updating the original string
* in-place.
--
2.25.0