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diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
index 73b08c5561..408d71c8f7 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p-util.h
@@ -114,6 +114,36 @@ static inline off_t qemu_dirent_off(struct dirent *dent)
#endif
}
+/**
+ * Duplicate directory entry @dent.
+ *
+ * It is highly recommended to use this function instead of open coding
+ * duplication of @c dirent objects, because the actual @c struct @c dirent
+ * size may be bigger or shorter than @c sizeof(struct dirent) and correct
+ * handling is platform specific (see gitlab issue #841).
+ *
+ * @dent - original directory entry to be duplicated
+ * @returns duplicated directory entry which should be freed with g_free()
+ */
+static inline struct dirent *qemu_dirent_dup(struct dirent *dent)
+{
+ size_t sz = 0;
+#if defined _DIRENT_HAVE_D_RECLEN
+ /* Avoid use of strlen() if platform supports d_reclen. */
+ sz = dent->d_reclen;
+#endif
+ /*
+ * Test sz for zero even if d_reclen is available
+ * because some drivers may set d_reclen to zero.
+ */
+ if (sz == 0) {
+ /* Fallback to the most portable way. */
+ sz = offsetof(struct dirent, d_name) +
+ strlen(dent->d_name) + 1;
+ }
+ return g_memdup(dent, sz);
+}
+
/*
* As long as mknodat is not available on macOS, this workaround
* using pthread_fchdir_np is needed. qemu_mknodat is defined in