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authorDoug Hogan <doug@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-10-23 05:48:41 +0000
committerDoug Hogan <doug@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-10-23 05:48:41 +0000
commitc13afb515d9c55d85ab60be1a54b78a7dc167f84 (patch)
tree1c0d1f87bd9a7ad2b4e8def2fec008acfb7a2b54 /lib/libc/stdlib
parentae0764c078f3d96ece001ad051edac2e73efd38c (diff)
Save space in man page: err() -> errc() and combine vars.
Suggested by millert@ and schwarze@. OK schwarze@, millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.329
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
index caf1da22076..2647434eaad 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.82 2014/10/22 05:19:27 doug Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.83 2014/10/23 05:48:40 doug Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: October 22 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 23 2014 $
.Dt MALLOC 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -303,15 +303,13 @@ If
.Fn malloc
must be used with multiplication, be sure to test for overflow:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-size_t size;
-size_t num;
+size_t num, size;
\&...
/* Check for size_t overflow */
-if (size && num > SIZE_MAX / size) {
- errno = EOVERFLOW;
- err(1, "overflow");
-}
+if (size && num > SIZE_MAX / size)
+ errc(1, EOVERFLOW, "overflow");
+
if ((p = malloc(size * num)) == NULL)
err(1, "malloc");
.Ed
@@ -319,21 +317,16 @@ if ((p = malloc(size * num)) == NULL)
The above test is not sufficient in all cases.
For example, multiplying ints requires a different set of checks:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-int size;
-int num;
+int num, size;
\&...
/* Avoid invalid requests */
-if (size < 0 || num < 0) {
- errno = EOVERFLOW;
- err(1, "overflow");
-}
+if (size < 0 || num < 0)
+ errc(1, EOVERFLOW, "overflow");
/* Check for signed int overflow */
-if (size && num > INT_MAX / size) {
- errno = EOVERFLOW;
- err(1, "overflow");
-}
+if (size && num > INT_MAX / size)
+ errc(1, EOVERFLOW, "overflow");
if ((p = malloc(size * num)) == NULL)
err(1, "malloc");