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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: Use g_new() & friends where that mak
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Amit Shah |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] migration: Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense |
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Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:55:35 +0530 |
On (Mon) 14 Sep 2015 [13:51:31], 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.
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> This commit only touches allocations with size arguments of the form
> sizeof(T). Same Coccinelle semantic patch as in commit b45c03f.
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> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Reviewed-by: Amit Shah <address@hidden>
Amit