Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > g_new(T, n) is neater than g_malloc(sizeof(T) * n). It's also safer, > for two reasons. One, it catches multiplication overflowing size_t. > Two, it returns T * rather than void *, which lets the compiler catch > more type errors. > > This commit only touches allocations with size arguments of the form > sizeof(T). > > Patch created mechanically with: > > $ spatch --in-place --sp-file scripts/coccinelle/use-g_new-etc.cocci \ > --macro-file scripts/cocci-macro-file.h FILES... > > Except this uncovers a typing error: > > ../hw/9pfs/9p.c:855:13: warning: incompatible pointer types assigning to 'QpfEntry *' from 'QppEntry *' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] > val = g_new0(QppEntry, 1); > ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 1 warning generated. > > Harmless, because QppEntry is larger than QpfEntry. Fix to allocate a > QpfEntry instead. > > Cc: Greg Kurz <groug@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Christian Schoenebeck <qemu_oss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Alex Bennée
