# [PATCH] use xrealloc in help.c

3 messages from 2007-03-27 to 2007-03-28. Participants: James Bowes, Morten Welinder.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/7437

## James Bowes, 2007-03-27 22:30

Subject: [PATCH] use xrealloc in help.c
Message-ID: <1175034608589-git-send-email-jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1175034608589-git-send-email-jbowes%40dangerouslyinc.com

```
Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>
---
 help.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index be8651a..34b1dda 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void add_cmdname(const char *name, int len)
 	struct cmdname *ent;
 	if (cmdname_alloc <= cmdname_cnt) {
 		cmdname_alloc = cmdname_alloc + 200;
-		cmdname = realloc(cmdname, cmdname_alloc * sizeof(*cmdname));
+		cmdname = xrealloc(cmdname, cmdname_alloc * sizeof(*cmdname));
 		if (!cmdname)
 			oom();
 	}
-- 
1.5.0.5

```

## Morten Welinder, 2007-03-27 22:40

Subject: Re: [PATCH] use xrealloc in help.c
Message-ID: <118833cc0703271540l6615b413gd1df3dc5525a2d00@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/118833cc0703271540l6615b413gd1df3dc5525a2d00%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1175034608589-git-send-email-jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>

```
> -               cmdname = realloc(cmdname, cmdname_alloc * sizeof(*cmdname));
> +               cmdname = xrealloc(cmdname, cmdname_alloc * sizeof(*cmdname));
>                 if (!cmdname)
>                         oom();

If you are using xrealloc, shouldn't kill the oom check here too?

M.

```

## James Bowes, 2007-03-28 00:53

Subject: Re: [PATCH] use xrealloc in help.c
Message-ID: <3f80363f0703271753h631f52f4v3899b877285962@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/3f80363f0703271753h631f52f4v3899b877285962%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <118833cc0703271540l6615b413gd1df3dc5525a2d00@mail.gmail.com>

```
oom() is not needed any more either, since the x* functions check the return
themselves. So get rid of it.

Signed-off-by: James Bowes <jbowes@dangerouslyinc.com>
---

On 3/27/07, Morten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com> wrote:
> If you are using xrealloc, shouldn't kill the oom check here too?

Good point. There's no need for oom() at all then, anymore.

 help.c |   12 +-----------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index be8651a..6a9af4d 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ static int term_columns(void)
 	return 80;
 }

-static void oom(void)
-{
-	fprintf(stderr, "git: out of memory\n");
-	exit(1);
-}
-
 static inline void mput_char(char c, unsigned int num)
 {
 	while(num--)
@@ -54,13 +48,9 @@ static void add_cmdname(const char *name, int len)
 	struct cmdname *ent;
 	if (cmdname_alloc <= cmdname_cnt) {
 		cmdname_alloc = cmdname_alloc + 200;
-		cmdname = realloc(cmdname, cmdname_alloc * sizeof(*cmdname));
-		if (!cmdname)
-			oom();
+		cmdname = xrealloc(cmdname, cmdname_alloc * sizeof(*cmdname));
 	}
 	ent = xmalloc(sizeof(*ent) + len);
-	if (!ent)
-		oom();
 	ent->len = len;
 	memcpy(ent->name, name, len);
 	ent->name[len] = 0;
-- 
1.5.0.5

```
