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Re: [PATCH] maintenance: use xcalloc instead of xmalloc where possible

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JHJeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>
Date
Dec 5, 2022, 15:01 UTC
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On 12/5/22 9:48 AM, Rose via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Seija <doremylover123@gmail.com>
> 
> We can avoid having to call memset by calling xcalloc directly
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seija doremylover123@gmail.com
> ---
>      maintenance: use xcalloc instead of xmalloc where possible
>      
>      We can avoid having to call memset by calling xcalloc directly
>      
>      Signed-off-by: Seija doremylover123@gmail.com
> 
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1390%2FAtariDreams%2Fcalloc-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1390/AtariDreams/calloc-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1390
> 
>   remote.c    | 4 +---
>   submodule.c | 3 +--
>   2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
> index 60869beebe7..75315f3563f 100644
> --- a/remote.c
> +++ b/remote.c
> @@ -2741,9 +2741,7 @@ void apply_push_cas(struct push_cas_option *cas,
>   
>   struct remote_state *remote_state_new(void)
>   {
> -	struct remote_state *r = xmalloc(sizeof(*r));
> -
> -	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
> +	struct remote_state *r = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*r));
>   
We have a macro to make this easier and hide the messy details:
	struct remote_state *r;
	CALLOC_ARRAY(r, 1);
Jeff
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  3. maintenance: use xcalloc instead of xmalloc where possibleRose via GitGitGadget, Dec 5, 2022
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  5. maintenance: use calloc instead of malloc where possibleRose via GitGitGadget, Dec 5, 2022
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