Re: [PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Factor out scale conversion code

[Andi Kleen]

> I tools/ specifically, I try to use the same constructs, list.h, rbtree,
> WARN_, pr_, etc, not panic()'ing, etc.
> 
> In this specific case, doing a:
> 
>    printf("life is hard, I give up"); exit(1);

Ok that would be just what a wrapper does, only open coded.

How about we just add helpers for these cases?

xstrdup
xmalloc
xasprintf 

etc.

-Andi