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

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

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On 09/14/2015 05:54 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 patchas in commit b45c03f.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
> ---
>  backends/testdev.c |  4 ++--
>  qemu-char.c        | 22 +++++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

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

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