1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Erebos/Storage/Backend.hs b/src/Erebos/Storage/Backend.hs
index c802d95..719e87f 100644
--- a/src/Erebos/Storage/Backend.hs
+++ b/src/Erebos/Storage/Backend.hs
@@ -12,15 +12,21 @@ module Erebos.Storage.Backend (
     withStorageBackend,
 
     refDigestBytes,
+    allocateScrubbedBytes,
+    unsafeUseScrubbedBytesAsCStringLen,
 
     WatchID, startWatchID, nextWatchID,
 ) where
 
 import Control.Concurrent.MVar
 
+import Data.ByteArray qualified as BA
 import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import Data.HashTable.IO qualified as HT
 
+import Foreign.C.String
+import Foreign.Ptr
+
 import ConvertByteString
 import Erebos.Object.Internal
 import Erebos.Storage.Internal
@@ -38,3 +44,9 @@ withStorageBackend Storage {..} f = f stBackend
 
 refDigestBytes :: RefDigest -> ByteString
 refDigestBytes = toByteString
+
+allocateScrubbedBytes :: Int -> (Ptr a -> IO ()) -> IO ScrubbedBytes
+allocateScrubbedBytes len f = snd <$> BA.allocRet len f
+
+unsafeUseScrubbedBytesAsCStringLen :: ScrubbedBytes -> (CStringLen -> IO a) -> IO a
+unsafeUseScrubbedBytesAsCStringLen sb f = withByteArray sb (\ptr -> f ( ptr, BA.length sb ))