+/**
+ * Canonicalize a message, merging elements of the same name
+ */
+int ldb_msg_canonicalize_ex(struct ldb_context *ldb,
+ const struct ldb_message *msg,
+ TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx,
+ struct ldb_message **_msg_out)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+ struct ldb_message *msg2;
+
+ msg2 = ldb_msg_copy(mem_ctx, msg);
+ if (msg2 == NULL) {
+ return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+ }
+
+ ldb_msg_sort_elements(msg2);
+
+ for (i=1; i < msg2->num_elements; i++) {
+ struct ldb_message_element *el1 = &msg2->elements[i-1];
+ struct ldb_message_element *el2 = &msg2->elements[i];
+
+ if (ldb_msg_element_compare_name(el1, el2) == 0) {
+ el1->values = talloc_realloc(msg2->elements,
+ el1->values, struct ldb_val,
+ el1->num_values + el2->num_values);
+ if (el1->num_values + el2->num_values > 0 && el1->values == NULL) {
+ talloc_free(msg2);
+ return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+ }
+ memcpy(el1->values + el1->num_values,
+ el2->values,
+ sizeof(struct ldb_val) * el2->num_values);
+ el1->num_values += el2->num_values;
+ talloc_free(discard_const_p(char, el2->name));
+ if ((i+1) < msg2->num_elements) {
+ memmove(el2, el2+1, sizeof(struct ldb_message_element) *
+ (msg2->num_elements - (i+1)));
+ }
+ msg2->num_elements--;
+ i--;
+ }
+ }
+
+ *_msg_out = msg2;
+ return LDB_SUCCESS;
+}
+