}
}
+/* If 'b' is shorter than 'length' bytes, pads its tail out with zeros to that
+ * length. */
+void
+ofpbuf_padto(struct ofpbuf *b, size_t length)
+{
+ if (b->size < length) {
+ ofpbuf_put_zeros(b, length - b->size);
+ }
+}
+
/* Appends 'size' bytes of data to the tail end of 'b', reallocating and
* copying its data if necessary. Returns a pointer to the first byte of the
* new data, which is left uninitialized. */