[PATCH] Use calloc (x, y) instead malloc (x * y).

[Andreas Jaeger]

On 10/25/2013 10:40 AM, Ondřej Bílka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As there were several bugs with possible overflows in malloc calculation
> we should try to prevent these. A simple heuristic is to use following
> cocinelle patch:
> 
> @@ expression e1, e2; @@
> 
> - malloc(e1 * e2)
> + calloc(e1, e2)
> 
> To handle easy case. OK to commit?

calloc returns 0-initialized memory, malloc does not - so, this could be
a pessimization.

What about adding a wrapper around malloc instead?

Andreas
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