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xmalloc.c

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/***************************************************************************
                                  xmalloc.c
                             -------------------
    begin                : Sun Nov 4 2001
    copyright            : (C) 2001-2002 by Christian Hoenig & Gunter Ohrner
    email                : pdepp@CustomCDROM.de
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/
#include "common.h"

#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#ifdef WITH_MPATROL
# include <mpatrol.h>
#endif

#include "xmalloc.h"


// simple realloc()
void* pd_realloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
{
  return realloc(ptr, size);
}


// simple malloc, but program exits, if malloc fails
void* pd_malloc(size_t size)
{
  void *tmp = malloc(size);
  if (tmp == NULL)
  {
    //if malloc fails, the program exits,
    //to give resources to the system back on that dramatic situation
    perror("xmalloc");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
  else
    return tmp;
}


// simple free()
void pd_free(void *ptr)
{
  //ptr is only freed, if ptr is not NULL
  if (ptr != NULL)
    free(ptr);
}

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