Introduce a library routine to package the idiom:
p = xmalloc(b, n);
memcpy(p, b, n);
and use it where possible. The example in traceroute used xzalloc
but it didn't need to.
function old new delta
xmemdup - 32 +32
last_main 834 826 -8
make_device 2321 2311 -10
common_traceroute_main 3698 3685 -13
readtoken1 3182 3168 -14
procps_scan 1222 1206 -16
forkchild 655 638 -17
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 0/6 up/down: 32/-78) Total: -46 bytes
Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@frippery.org>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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