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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-09-26 19:05:39 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-09-26 19:05:39 +0000
commit057f710a76024e1ede6bbbc49d1e973208ea964c (patch)
tree25e28cbbee18b696d6d1d06814c4aa87467eed23 /lib/xmalloc.c
parent168676d418d5b6bb425d25d15f3c6bb965f6b4fe (diff)
downloadcoreutils-057f710a76024e1ede6bbbc49d1e973208ea964c.tar.xz
(xalloc_die): Rename from xalloc_fail and update callers.
Use explicit exit to help avoid warnings.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/xmalloc.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/xmalloc.c14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/xmalloc.c b/lib/xmalloc.c
index 72aa77279..8206a9473 100644
--- a/lib/xmalloc.c
+++ b/lib/xmalloc.c
@@ -65,12 +65,16 @@ void (*xalloc_fail_func) PARAMS ((void)) = 0;
before exiting when memory is exhausted. Goes through gettext. */
char *const xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted = N_("Memory exhausted");
-static void
-xalloc_fail (void)
+void
+xalloc_die (void)
{
if (xalloc_fail_func)
(*xalloc_fail_func) ();
error (xalloc_exit_failure, 0, "%s", _(xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted));
+ /* The `noreturn' cannot be given to error, since it may return if
+ its first argument is 0. To help compilers understand the
+ xalloc_die does terminate, call exit. */
+ exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Allocate N bytes of memory dynamically, with error checking. */
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ xmalloc (size_t n)
p = malloc (n);
if (p == 0)
- xalloc_fail ();
+ xalloc_die ();
return p;
}
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ xrealloc (void *p, size_t n)
{
p = realloc (p, n);
if (p == 0)
- xalloc_fail ();
+ xalloc_die ();
return p;
}
@@ -108,6 +112,6 @@ xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s)
p = calloc (n, s);
if (p == 0)
- xalloc_fail ();
+ xalloc_die ();
return p;
}