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diff --git a/tools/lib/string.c b/tools/lib/string.c
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+/**
+ * memdup - duplicate region of memory
+ *
+ * @src: memory region to duplicate
+ * @len: memory region length
+ */
+void *memdup(const void *src, size_t len)
+{
+	void *p = malloc(len);
+
+	if (p)
+		memcpy(p, src, len);
+
+	return p;
+}