What's about #define kzalloc(size, flags) calloc(size, 1)
See calloc(3) http://linux.die.net/man/3/calloc Sergei On Wed, 28 Aug 2013, Max Seidenstücker wrote: > As I am trying to touch as few source files as possible I am looking for a > good way to substitute a call to Linux kzalloc(). This function allocates > and zeroes the memory before returning the pointer. So a call to malloc() > and then memset() in eCos is my approach. > > How can a #define be written to do the trick, so I don't need to touch the > source file in this area with #ifdef __ECOS ? > > struct jffs2_inode_info *f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_KERNEL); > if (!f) > return -ENOMEM; > > #define kzalloc(x,y) \ > malloc(x); \ > if (HOW_TO_MAKE_SURE_MALLOC_WAS_SUCCESSFUL) { \ > memset(tmp,0,x);\ > } > > Regards > Max Seidenstuecker > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://sourceware-org.1504.n7.nabble.com/Elegant-substitute-for-kzalloc-through-define-tp242405.html > Sent from the Sourceware - ecos-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
