1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sshbuf.h b/sshbuf.h
index 52ff017cc..1ac4b8c0a 100644
--- a/sshbuf.h
+++ b/sshbuf.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: sshbuf.h,v 1.7 2016/05/02 08:49:03 djm Exp $  */
+/*      $OpenBSD: sshbuf.h,v 1.8 2016/11/25 23:22:04 djm Exp $  */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2011 Damien Miller
  *
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ u_char *sshbuf_mutable_ptr(const struct sshbuf *buf);
 int     sshbuf_check_reserve(const struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
 
 /*
+ * Preallocates len additional bytes in buf.
+ * Useful for cases where the caller knows how many bytes will ultimately be
+ * required to avoid realloc in the buffer code.
+ * Returns 0 on success, or a negative SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.
+ */
+int     sshbuf_allocate(struct sshbuf *buf, size_t len);
+
+/*
  * Reserve len bytes in buf.
  * Returns 0 on success and a pointer to the first reserved byte via the
  * optional dpp parameter or a negative * SSH_ERR_* error code on failure.