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1 /* $NetBSD$ */
3 /* xmalloc.c -- malloc with out of memory checking
4 Copyright (C) 1990-1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 # include <config.h>
22 #endif
24 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #if STDC_HEADERS
27 # include <stdlib.h>
28 #else
29 void *calloc ();
30 void *malloc ();
31 void *realloc ();
32 void free ();
33 #endif
35 #if ENABLE_NLS
36 # include <libintl.h>
37 # define _(Text) gettext (Text)
38 #else
39 # define textdomain(Domain)
40 # define _(Text) Text
41 #endif
42 #define N_(Text) Text
44 #include "error.h"
45 #include "exitfail.h"
46 #include "xalloc.h"
48 #ifndef EXIT_FAILURE
49 # define EXIT_FAILURE 1
50 #endif
52 #ifndef HAVE_DONE_WORKING_MALLOC_CHECK
53 "you must run the autoconf test for a properly working malloc -- see malloc.m4"
54 #endif
56 #ifndef HAVE_DONE_WORKING_REALLOC_CHECK
57 "you must run the autoconf test for a properly working realloc --see realloc.m4"
58 #endif
60 /* If non NULL, call this function when memory is exhausted. */
61 void (*xalloc_fail_func) PARAMS ((void)) = 0;
63 /* If XALLOC_FAIL_FUNC is NULL, or does return, display this message
64 before exiting when memory is exhausted. Goes through gettext. */
65 char const xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted[] = N_("memory exhausted");
67 void
68 xalloc_die (void)
70 if (xalloc_fail_func)
71 (*xalloc_fail_func) ();
72 error (exit_failure, 0, "%s", _(xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted));
73 /* The `noreturn' cannot be given to error, since it may return if
74 its first argument is 0. To help compilers understand the
75 xalloc_die does terminate, call exit. */
76 exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
79 /* Allocate N bytes of memory dynamically, with error checking. */
81 void *
82 xmalloc (size_t n)
84 void *p;
86 p = malloc (n);
87 if (p == 0)
88 xalloc_die ();
89 return p;
92 /* Change the size of an allocated block of memory P to N bytes,
93 with error checking. */
95 void *
96 xrealloc (void *p, size_t n)
98 p = realloc (p, n);
99 if (p == 0)
100 xalloc_die ();
101 return p;
104 /* Allocate memory for N elements of S bytes, with error checking. */
106 void *
107 xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s)
109 void *p;
111 p = calloc (n, s);
112 if (p == 0)
113 xalloc_die ();
114 return p;