[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qxl: Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qxl: Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense

[Markus Armbruster]

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 patch as in commit b45c03f.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
---
 hw/display/qxl.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 2288238..a05690d 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
         qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 1, QXL_SYNC);
 
         /* replay surface-create and cursor-set commands */
-        cmds = g_malloc0(sizeof(QXLCommandExt) * (d->ssd.num_surfaces + 1));
+        cmds = g_new0(QXLCommandExt, d->ssd.num_surfaces + 1);
         for (in = 0, out = 0; in < d->ssd.num_surfaces; in++) {
             if (d->guest_surfaces.cmds[in] == 0) {
                 continue;
-- 
2.4.3

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qxl: Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense

[Eric Blake]

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On 09/14/2015 05:03 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 patch as in commit b45c03f.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
>  hw/display/qxl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>

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