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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-char: Use g_new() & friends where that mak
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-char: Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense |
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Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:56:09 -0600 |
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On 09/14/2015 05:54 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> g_new(T, n) is neater than g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n). It's also safer,
> for two reasons. One, it catches multiplication overflowing size_t.
> Two, it returns T * rather than void *, which lets the compiler catch
> more type errors.
>
> This commit only touches allocations with size arguments of the form
> sizeof(T). Same Coccinelle semantic patchas in commit b45c03f.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
> ---
> backends/testdev.c | 4 ++--
> qemu-char.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
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