3 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index 1615456659..c43b0583a4 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -1409,3 +1409,22 @@ int read_nul_string(FILE *f, char **ret) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+int mkdtemp_malloc(const char *template, char **ret) {
+        char *p;
+
+        assert(template);
+        assert(ret);
+
+        p = strdup(template);
+        if (!p)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        if (!mkdtemp(p)) {
+                free(p);
+                return -errno;
+        }
+
+        *ret = p;
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.h b/src/basic/fileio.h
index b58c83e64a..17b38a5d60 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.h
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.h
@@ -88,3 +88,5 @@ int open_tmpfile_linkable(const char *target, int flags, char **ret_path);
 int link_tmpfile(int fd, const char *path, const char *target);
 
 int read_nul_string(FILE *f, char **ret);
+
+int mkdtemp_malloc(const char *template, char **ret);
diff --git a/src/basic/fs-util.h b/src/basic/fs-util.h
index 0d925c6b84..5fe5c71ff0 100644
--- a/src/basic/fs-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/fs-util.h
@@ -84,3 +84,10 @@ enum {
 };
 
 int chase_symlinks(const char *path_with_prefix, const char *root, unsigned flags, char **ret);
+
+/* Useful for usage with _cleanup_(), removes a directory and frees the pointer */
+static inline void rmdir_and_free(char *p) {
+        (void) rmdir(p);
+        free(p);
+}
+DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(char*, rmdir_and_free);