[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ofproto-dpif: Use xzalloc instead of xmalloc

[Sabyasachi Sengupta]

Ah, I see the out_of_memory code.. I'd resend without the NULL checks (with 
just the conversion to xzalloc).

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On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 10:48:30AM -0700, Sabyasachi Sengupta wrote:
>>
>> Use xzalloc instead of xmalloc for some key structure allocations in
>> ofproto-dpif (viz. ofproto_dpif, ofport_dpif and rule_dpif) so as to
>> prevent uninitialized values in these structures. Also add seat belts
>> around these structure allocations.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sabyasachi Sengupta <sabyasachi.sengupta at alcatel-lucent.com>
>
> It makes no sense to check the xmalloc() or xzalloc() return value for
> NULL.
>