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[PATCH] block/iscsi: Document why we use raw malloc()


From: Peter Maydell
Subject: [PATCH] block/iscsi: Document why we use raw malloc()
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:07:05 +0100

In block/iscsi.c we use a raw malloc() call, which is unusual
given the project standard is to use the glib memory allocation
functions. Document why we do so, to avoid it being converted
to g_malloc() by mistake.

Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
There aren't many uses of raw malloc() in the codebase
other than third-party library sourcecode. Mostly we have
a comment noting when we're doing it deliberately.
---
 block/iscsi.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index 34f97ab6460..5640c8b5657 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ static BlockAIOCB *iscsi_aio_ioctl(BlockDriverState *bs,
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    /* Must use malloc(): this is freed via scsi_free_scsi_task() */
     acb->task = malloc(sizeof(struct scsi_task));
     if (acb->task == NULL) {
         error_report("iSCSI: Failed to allocate task for scsi command. %s",
-- 
2.34.1




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