1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sql-common/pack.c b/sql-common/pack.c
index 16cc13eddbd..43e0098bf29 100644
--- a/sql-common/pack.c
+++ b/sql-common/pack.c
@@ -96,3 +96,30 @@ void my_net_local_init(NET *net)
   net->max_packet_size= max(net_buffer_length, max_allowed_packet);
 }
 
+char *
+net_store_length(char *pkg, ulonglong length)
+{
+  uchar *packet=(uchar*) pkg;
+  if (length < LL(251))
+  {
+    *packet=(uchar) length;
+    return (char*) packet+1;
+  }
+  /* 251 is reserved for NULL */
+  if (length < LL(65536))
+  {
+    *packet++=252;
+    int2store(packet,(uint) length);
+    return (char*) packet+2;
+  }
+  if (length < LL(16777216))
+  {
+    *packet++=253;
+    int3store(packet,(ulong) length);
+    return (char*) packet+3;
+  }
+  *packet++=254;
+  int8store(packet,length);
+  return (char*) packet+8;
+}
+