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Re: [PATCH v7] Add reallocarray function.

From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
To: Dennis Wölfing <denniswoelfing at gmx dot de>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 19:06:46 -0300
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] Add reallocarray function.
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References: <4e4cd5d5-884c-3ea4-c7e3-7579dfed345a@linaro.org> <20170530205006.3141-1-denniswoelfing@gmx.de>


On 30/05/2017 17:50, Dennis Wölfing wrote:
> The reallocarray function is an extension from OpenBSD.  It is an
> integer-overflow-safe replacement for realloc(p, X*Y) and
> malloc(X*Y) (realloc(NULL, X*Y)).  It can therefore help in preventing
> certain security issues in code.
> 
> This is an updated version of a patch originally submitted by Rüdiger
> Sonderfeld in May 2014.
> See <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-05/msg00481.html>.
> 
> Tested on i686 and x86_64.

Pushed upstream as 2e0bbbfbf95fc9e22692e93658a6fbdd2d4554da.

References:
- Re: [PATCH v6] Add reallocarray function.
  - From: Adhemerval Zanella
- [PATCH v7] Add reallocarray function.
  - From: Dennis Wölfing

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