From: Ivo Timmermans <ivo@lychnis.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:06:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: New function: xmalloc_and_zero, which initialises the allocated memory
X-Git-Tag: release-1.0pre4~171
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?p=oweals%2Ftinc.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=30f34015ee11bbe1106c07e381288a702f12dac5

New function: xmalloc_and_zero, which initialises the allocated memory
to all zeroes.
---

diff --git a/lib/xmalloc.c b/lib/xmalloc.c
index 150b1aa..037fab8 100644
--- a/lib/xmalloc.c
+++ b/lib/xmalloc.c
@@ -94,6 +94,21 @@ xmalloc (n)
   return p;
 }
 
+/* Allocate N bytes of memory dynamically, and set it all to zero. */
+
+void *
+xmalloc_and_zero (n)
+     size_t n;
+{
+  void *p;
+
+  p = malloc (n);
+  if (p == 0)
+    xalloc_fail ((int)n);
+  memset (p, '\0', n);
+  return p;
+}
+
 /* Change the size of an allocated block of memory P to N bytes,
    with error checking.
    If P is NULL, run xmalloc.  */