[PATCH 1/3] Add alloc_marker

[Ayush Singh <ayush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Add helper to allocate new marker

Signed-off-by: Ayush Singh <ayush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 data.c | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 dtc.h  |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 14734233ad8b7ebd38c3e62442b81aae66601806..913796f2e664d07cdc48e0cbf2ab5d6fe9978072 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -228,11 +228,7 @@ struct data data_add_marker(struct data d, enum markertype type, char *ref)
 {
 	struct marker *m;
 
-	m = xmalloc(sizeof(*m));
-	m->offset = d.len;
-	m->type = type;
-	m->ref = ref;
-	m->next = NULL;
+	m = alloc_marker(d.len, type, ref);
 
 	return data_append_markers(d, m);
 }
@@ -254,3 +250,17 @@ bool data_is_one_string(struct data d)
 
 	return true;
 }
+
+struct marker *alloc_marker(unsigned int offset, enum markertype type,
+			    char *ref)
+{
+	struct marker *m;
+
+	m = xmalloc(sizeof(*m));
+	m->offset = offset;
+	m->type = type;
+	m->ref = ref;
+	m->next = NULL;
+
+	return m;
+}
diff --git a/dtc.h b/dtc.h
index 4c4aaca1fc417c9d93e904e64b2c40216ee1b093..86928e1eea9764fe5d74d6dbb987589d65d54b66 100644
--- a/dtc.h
+++ b/dtc.h
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ struct data data_append_byte(struct data d, uint8_t byte);
 struct data data_append_zeroes(struct data d, int len);
 struct data data_append_align(struct data d, int align);
 
+struct marker *alloc_marker(unsigned int offset, enum markertype type,
+			    char *ref);
 struct data data_add_marker(struct data d, enum markertype type, char *ref);
 
 bool data_is_one_string(struct data d);

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