1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/xkb/xkbInit.c b/xkb/xkbInit.c
index 22b971fc6..33420b6b6 100644
--- a/xkb/xkbInit.c
+++ b/xkb/xkbInit.c
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ XkbFreeRMLVOSet(XkbRMLVOSet * rmlvo, Bool freeRMLVO)
     if (!rmlvo)
         return;
 
-    free((void *) rmlvo->rules);
-    free((void *) rmlvo->model);
-    free((void *) rmlvo->layout);
-    free((void *) rmlvo->variant);
-    free((void *) rmlvo->options);
+    free(rmlvo->rules);
+    free(rmlvo->model);
+    free(rmlvo->layout);
+    free(rmlvo->variant);
+    free(rmlvo->options);
 
     if (freeRMLVO)
         free(rmlvo);
@@ -206,6 +206,21 @@ XkbWriteRulesProp(ClientPtr client, void *closure)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
+void
+XkbInitRules(XkbRMLVOSet *rmlvo,
+             const char *rules,
+             const char *model,
+             const char *layout,
+             const char *variant,
+             const char *options)
+{
+    rmlvo->rules = rules ? xnfstrdup(rules) : NULL;
+    rmlvo->model = model ? xnfstrdup(model) : NULL;
+    rmlvo->layout = layout ? xnfstrdup(layout) : NULL;
+    rmlvo->variant = variant ? xnfstrdup(variant) : NULL;
+    rmlvo->options = options ? xnfstrdup(options) : NULL;
+}
+
 static void
 XkbSetRulesUsed(XkbRMLVOSet * rmlvo)
 {