[ovs-dev] [PATCH] lib Windows: Use xmalloc instead of malloc

[Alin Serdean]

Thanks for the patch!

Xmalloc also check if the allocation was successful.

Mind also removing the checks for null afterwards?

Thanks,
Alin.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ovs-dev-bounces at openvswitch.org [mailto:ovs-dev-
> bounces at openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of Shashank Ram
> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 12:39 AM
> To: dev at openvswitch.org
> Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] lib Windows: Use xmalloc instead of malloc
> 
> xmalloc checks if the size is valid before allocating memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shashank Ram <rams at vmware.com>
> ---
>  lib/netdev-windows.c | 4 ++--
>  lib/wmi.c            | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/netdev-windows.c b/lib/netdev-windows.c index
> 375cb32..b4b39e9 100644
> --- a/lib/netdev-windows.c
> +++ b/lib/netdev-windows.c
> @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ netdev_windows_arp_lookup(const struct netdev
> *netdev,
>          return ENXIO;
>      }
> 
> -    arp_table = (MIB_IPNETTABLE *) malloc(buffer_length);
> +    arp_table = (MIB_IPNETTABLE *) xmalloc(buffer_length);
> 
>      if (arp_table == NULL) {
>          VLOG_ERR("Could not allocate memory for all the interfaces"); @@ -
> 443,7 +443,7 @@ netdev_windows_get_next_hop(const struct in_addr
> *host,
>          return ENXIO;
>      }
[Alin Serdean] remove if
> 
> -    all_addr = (IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES *) malloc(buffer_length);
> +    all_addr = (IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES *) xmalloc(buffer_length);
> 
>      if (all_addr == NULL) {
>          VLOG_ERR("Could not allocate memory for all the interfaces");
[Alin Serdean] remove if
 diff --git
> a/lib/wmi.c b/lib/wmi.c index dba8022..b560a7e 100644
> --- a/lib/wmi.c
> +++ b/lib/wmi.c
> @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ delete_wmi_port(char *name)
>      wchar_t internal_port_query[WMI_QUERY_COUNT] = L"SELECT * from "
>          L"Msvm_EthernetPortAllocationSettingData  WHERE ElementName = \""
> ;
> 
> -    wide_name = malloc((strlen(name) + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
> +    wide_name = xmalloc((strlen(name) + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
>      if (wide_name == NULL) {
>          VLOG_WARN("Could not allocate memory for wide string");
>          retval = false;
[Alin Serdean] remove if
> @@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ create_wmi_port(char *name) {
>      wchar_t internal_port_query[WMI_QUERY_COUNT] = L"SELECT * FROM "
>      L"Msvm_InternalEthernetPort WHERE ElementName = \"";
> 
> -    wide_name = malloc((strlen(name) + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
> +    wide_name = xmalloc((strlen(name) + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t));
>      if (wide_name == NULL) {
>          VLOG_WARN("Could not allocate memory for wide string");
>          retval = false;
[Alin Serdean] remove if
> --
> 2.9.3.windows.2
> 
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