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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c b/gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c index 37c493eeeb..501f096dc6 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c +++ b/gnu/packages/aux-files/run-in-namespace.c @@ -42,13 +42,21 @@ #include <dirent.h> #include <sys/syscall.h> +/* Like 'malloc', but abort if 'malloc' returns NULL. */ +static void * +xmalloc (size_t size) +{ + void *result = malloc (size); + assert (result != NULL); + return result; +} + /* Concatenate DIRECTORY, a slash, and FILE. Return the result, which the caller must eventually free. */ static char * concat (const char *directory, const char *file) { - char *result = malloc (strlen (directory) + 2 + strlen (file)); - assert (result != NULL); + char *result = xmalloc (strlen (directory) + 2 + strlen (file)); strcpy (result, directory); strcat (result, "/"); |