runtime: add sliceGrow function for reflect

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/runtime/slice.go b/src/runtime/slice.go
index b58fab360..485910fa5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/slice.go
+++ b/src/runtime/slice.go
@@ -51,3 +51,32 @@ func sliceCopy(dst, src unsafe.Pointer, dstLen, srcLen uintptr, elemSize uintptr
 	memmove(dst, src, n*elemSize)
 	return int(n)
 }
+
+// sliceGrow returns a new slice with space for at least newCap elements
+func sliceGrow(oldBuf unsafe.Pointer, oldLen, oldCap, newCap, elemSize uintptr) (unsafe.Pointer, uintptr, uintptr) {
+
+	// TODO(dgryski): sliceGrow() and sliceAppend() should be refactored to share the base growth code.
+
+	if oldCap >= newCap {
+		// No need to grow, return the input slice.
+		return oldBuf, oldLen, oldCap
+	}
+
+	// allow nil slice
+	if oldCap == 0 {
+		oldCap++
+	}
+
+	// grow capacity
+	for oldCap < newCap {
+		oldCap *= 2
+	}
+
+	buf := alloc(oldCap*elemSize, nil)
+	if oldLen > 0 {
+		// copy any data to new slice
+		memmove(buf, oldBuf, oldLen*elemSize)
+	}
+
+	return buf, oldLen, oldCap
+}