X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=buffer_tree.c;h=2c02c69466f19111241aa835dd2f919cf710ecc0;hp=1cb295b4de02e3ca3003f83043cf34d536f2ffc5;hb=05492521d51352fa8c4f55b71b33e14656f0bd0d;hpb=d29a1515fbb74f7853fa771698e90646c24bde33

diff --git a/buffer_tree.c b/buffer_tree.c
index 1cb295b4..2c02c694 100644
--- a/buffer_tree.c
+++ b/buffer_tree.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ void *btr_context(struct btr_node *btrn)
  *
  * This is a quite expensive operation.
  *
- * \return The number of buffers that have been merged (zero, one or two).
+ * \return The number of buffers that have been available (zero, one or two).
  */
 int btr_merge(struct btr_node *btrn)
 {
@@ -351,3 +351,15 @@ int btr_merge(struct btr_node *btrn)
 	para_list_add(&br->node, &btrn->input_queue);
 	return 2;
 }
+
+void btr_merge_to(struct btr_node *btrn, size_t dest_size)
+{
+	for (;;) {
+		char *buf;
+		size_t len = btr_next_buffer(btrn, &buf);
+		if (len >= dest_size)
+			return;
+		if (btr_merge(btrn) < 2)
+			return;
+	}
+}