[PATCH] Introduce xmalloc, memory allocator with die_out_of_memory()

Dmitry V. Levin ldv at altlinux.org
Fri Mar 20 10:30:42 UTC 2015


On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 02:53:39PM +0900, Masatake YAMATO wrote:
> In strace following code sentences are frequently used:
> 
>    var = malloc(fdsize);
>     if (!var)
>        die_out_of_memory();
> 
> This patch introduces xmalloc and friends which simplify
> above sentences like:
> 
>    var = xmalloc(fdsize);
> 
> Here friends are xcalloc and xrealloc.

Do we need xrealloc in its classic form, or rather an edition
with an integer overflow check?


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