1 files changed, 0 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index e2a3c7e3e..b7a6f7aec 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -1382,34 +1382,6 @@ sort_buffer_size (FILE *const *fps, size_t nfps,
   return size;
 }
 
-/* Initialize BUF.  Reserve LINE_BYTES bytes for each line; LINE_BYTES
-   must be at least sizeof (struct line).  Allocate ALLOC bytes
-   initially.  */
-
-static void
-initbuf (struct buffer *buf, size_t line_bytes, size_t alloc)
-{
-  /* Ensure that the line array is properly aligned.  If the desired
-     size cannot be allocated, repeatedly halve it until allocation
-     succeeds.  The smaller allocation may hurt overall performance,
-     but that's better than failing.  */
-  while (true)
-    {
-      alloc += sizeof (struct line) - alloc % sizeof (struct line);
-      buf->buf = malloc (alloc);
-      if (buf->buf)
-        break;
-      alloc /= 2;
-      if (alloc <= line_bytes + 1)
-        xalloc_die ();
-    }
-
-  buf->line_bytes = line_bytes;
-  buf->alloc = alloc;
-  buf->used = buf->left = buf->nlines = 0;
-  buf->eof = false;
-}
-
 /* Initialize the randomly chosen MD5 state.  */
 
 static void