2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pn_buffer.c b/pn_buffer.c
index df67405..97daee4 100644
--- a/pn_buffer.c
+++ b/pn_buffer.c
@@ -30,19 +30,26 @@ pn_buffer_new_and_alloc(size_t size)
 }
 
 struct pn_buffer *
-pn_buffer_new_memdup(const void *data,
-		     size_t size)
+pn_buffer_new_use(void *data,
+		  size_t size)
 {
 	struct pn_buffer *buffer;
 
 	buffer = g_malloc(sizeof(*buffer));
 	buffer->size = buffer->len = size;
-	buffer->data = buffer->alloc_data = g_memdup(data, size);
+	buffer->data = buffer->alloc_data = data;
 	buffer->offset = 0;
 
 	return buffer;
 }
 
+struct pn_buffer *
+pn_buffer_new_memdup(const void *data,
+		     size_t size)
+{
+	return pn_buffer_new_use(g_memdup(data, size), size);
+}
+
 void
 pn_buffer_free(struct pn_buffer *buffer)
 {
diff --git a/pn_buffer.h b/pn_buffer.h
index 4dd1962..7f7bdaf 100644
--- a/pn_buffer.h
+++ b/pn_buffer.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct pn_buffer {
 struct pn_buffer *pn_buffer_new(void);
 struct pn_buffer *pn_buffer_new_and_alloc(size_t size);
 struct pn_buffer *pn_buffer_new_memdup(const void *data, size_t size);
+struct pn_buffer *pn_buffer_new_use(void *data, size_t size);
 void pn_buffer_free(struct pn_buffer *buffer);
 void pn_buffer_resize(struct pn_buffer *buffer, size_t new_size);
 char *pn_buffer_to_string(struct pn_buffer *buffer);