Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Introduce QEMU_NEW()

Anthony Liguori
2011-07-25T12:21:09Z

On 07/25/2011 07:18 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/25/2011 03:11 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> On 07/25/2011 03:51 AM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>> qemu_malloc() is type-unsafe as it returns a void pointer. Introduce
>>> QEMU_NEW() (and QEMU_NEWZ()), which return the correct type.
>>
>> Just use g_new() and g_new0()
>>
>
> These bypass qemu_malloc(). Are we okay with that?

Yes. We can just make qemu_malloc use g_malloc.

> I suppose so, since many library functions can allocate memory and
> bypass qemu_malloc()?

Right.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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