Re: [PATCH 2/4] tools lib traceevent: Use calloc were applicable

[Namhyung Kim]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:50:47 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Replacing the equivalent open coded malloc + memset bits.
>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-598fjtjbzal4wxh7fp0yv0q1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c |   44 ++++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> index 278f989..5e38d2f 100644
> --- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
> @@ -117,14 +117,7 @@ void breakpoint(void)
>  
>  struct print_arg *alloc_arg(void)
>  {
> -	struct print_arg *arg;
> -
> -	arg = malloc_or_die(sizeof(*arg));
> -	if (!arg)
> -		return NULL;
> -	memset(arg, 0, sizeof(*arg));
> -
> -	return arg;
> +	return calloc(1, sizeof(struct print_arg));
>  }

This requires every callsite of the function should handle allocation
failure.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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