lib/xmalloc.c

   1 /*
   2  *      BIRD Library -- malloc() With Checking
   3  *
   4  *      (c) 1998--2000 Martin Mares <mj@ucw.cz>
   5  *
   6  *      Can be freely distributed and used under the terms of the GNU GPL.
   7  */
   8
   9 #include <stdlib.h>
  10
  11 #include "nest/bird.h"
  12 #include "lib/resource.h"
  13
  14 #ifndef HAVE_LIBDMALLOC
  15
  16 /**
  17  * xmalloc - malloc with checking
  18  * @size: block size
  19  *
  20  * This function is equivalent to malloc() except that in case of
  21  * failure it calls die() to quit the program instead of returning
  22  * a %NULL pointer.
  23  *
  24  * Wherever possible, please use the memory resources instead.
  25  */
  26 void *
  27 xmalloc(unsigned size)
  28 {
  29   void *p = malloc(size);
  30   if (p)
  31     return p;
  32   die("Unable to allocate %d bytes of memory", size);
  33 }
  34
  35 #endif