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+/* eurephia_nullsafe.c
+ *
+ * standard C string functions, which is made NULL safe by checking
+ * if input value is NULL before performing the action.
+ *
+ * This version is modified to work outside the eurephia project.
+ *
+ * GPLv2 only - Copyright (C) 2009
+ * David Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+ * of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file eurephia_nullsafe.c
+ * @author David Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>
+ * @date 2009-09-07
+ *
+ * @brief standard C string functions, which is made NULL safe by checking
+ * if input value is NULL before performing the action.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <log.h>
+
+#if __GNUC__ >= 3
+#define __malloc__ __attribute__((malloc))
+#else /* If not GCC 3 or newer, disable optimisations */
+#define __malloc__
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * This replaces the use of malloc() and memset(). This function uses calloc
+ * internally, which results in the memory region being zero'd by the kernel
+ * on memory allocation.
+ *
+ * @param log Log context
+ * @param sz size of the memory region being allocated
+ *
+ * @return Returns a void pointer to the memory region on success, otherwise NULL
+ */
+__malloc__ void *malloc_nullsafe(LogContext *log, size_t sz) {
+ void *buf = NULL;
+
+ buf = calloc(1, sz); /* Using calloc, also gives a zero'd memory region */
+ if( !buf ) {
+ writelog(log, LOG_EMERG, "Could not allocate memory region for %ld bytes", sz);
+ exit(9);
+ }
+ return buf;
+}