qemu_malloc() is type-unsafe as it returns a void pointer. Introduce QEMU_NEW() (and QEMU_NEWZ()), which return the correct type. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This is part of my memory API patchset, but doesn't really belong there. qemu-common.h | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/qemu-common.h b/qemu-common.h index ba55719..66effa3 100644 --- a/qemu-common.h +++ b/qemu-common.h @@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ void qemu_free(void *ptr); char *qemu_strdup(const char *str); char *qemu_strndup(const char *str, size_t size); +#define QEMU_NEW(type) ((type *)(qemu_malloc(sizeof(type)))) +#define QEMU_NEWZ(type) ((type *)(qemu_mallocz(sizeof(type)))) + void qemu_mutex_lock_iothread(void); void qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread(void); -- 1.7.5.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html