1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rsyslog.h b/rsyslog.h
index 2249e040..c73c659c 100644
--- a/rsyslog.h
+++ b/rsyslog.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ typedef enum rsRetVal_ rsRetVal; /**< friendly type for global return value */
 #define CHKiRet(code) if((iRet = code) != RS_RET_OK) goto finalize_it
 /* macro below is to be used if we need our own handling, eg for cleanup */
 #define CHKiRet_Hdlr(code) if((iRet = code) != RS_RET_OK)
+/* macro below is to handle failing malloc/calloc/strdup... which we almost always handle in the same way... */
+#define CHKmalloc(operation) if((operation) == NULL) ABORT_FINALIZE(RS_RET_OUT_OF_MEMORY)
 /* macro below is used in conjunction with CHKiRet_Hdlr, else use ABORT_FINALIZE */
 #define FINALIZE goto finalize_it;
 #define DEFiRet BEGINfunc rsRetVal iRet = RS_RET_OK