Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] Use g_new() & friends where that makes obvious sense

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On Mar 15 15:41, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> 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...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  hw/nvme/ns.c                             |  2 +-

For hw/nvme,

Acked-by: Klaus Jensen <k.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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