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[PATCH v10] git: use calloc instead of malloc + memset where possible

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Date
Dec 18, 2024, 01:26 UTC
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<pull.1390.v10.git.git.1734485187081.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
Avoid calling malloc + memset by calling calloc.
Signed-off-by: Seija <doremylover123@gmail.com>
---
    git: use calloc instead of malloc where possible
    
    We can avoid having to call memset by calling calloc
    
    Signed-off-by: Seija doremylover123@gmail.com
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1390%2FAreaZR%2Fcalloc-v10
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1390/AreaZR/calloc-v10
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1390
Range-diff vs v9:
 1:  35994dfb8af ! 1:  d7b7959be0a git: use calloc instead of malloc where possible
     @@ Metadata
      Author: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    git: use calloc instead of malloc where possible
     +    git: use calloc instead of malloc + memset where possible
      
     -    Avoid having to calling malloc+memset by calling calloc.
     +    Avoid calling malloc + memset by calling calloc.
      
          Signed-off-by: Seija <doremylover123@gmail.com>
      
 remote.c    |  4 ++--
 submodule.c | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 10104d11e3c..462ff105273 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2854,9 +2854,9 @@ void apply_push_cas(struct push_cas_option *cas,
 
 struct remote_state *remote_state_new(void)
 {
-	struct remote_state *r = xmalloc(sizeof(*r));
+	struct remote_state *r;
 
-	memset(r, 0, sizeof(*r));
+	CALLOC_ARRAY(r, 1);
 
 	hashmap_init(&r->remotes_hash, remotes_hash_cmp, NULL, 0);
 	hashmap_init(&r->branches_hash, branches_hash_cmp, NULL, 0);
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 7ec564854d0..7707c6f48f0 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -1489,14 +1489,13 @@ struct fetch_task {
  */
 static const struct submodule *get_non_gitmodules_submodule(const char *path)
 {
-	struct submodule *ret = NULL;
+	struct submodule *ret;
 	const char *name = default_name_or_path(path);
 
 	if (!name)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ret = xmalloc(sizeof(*ret));
-	memset(ret, 0, sizeof(*ret));
+	CALLOC_ARRAY(ret, 1);
 	ret->path = name;
 	ret->name = name;
 
@@ -1536,8 +1535,9 @@ static struct fetch_task *fetch_task_create(struct submodule_parallel_fetch *spf
 					    const char *path,
 					    const struct object_id *treeish_name)
 {
-	struct fetch_task *task = xmalloc(sizeof(*task));
-	memset(task, 0, sizeof(*task));
+	struct fetch_task *task;
+
+	CALLOC_ARRAY(task, 1);
 
 	if (validate_submodule_path(path) < 0)
 		exit(128);

base-commit: 063bcebf0c917140ca0e705cbe0fdea127e90086
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