[Qemu-devel] question about qemu_malloc and friends in xxx-user/mmap.c

[Jean-Christophe Dubois]

Hi everybody,

A little question about qemu_malloc(). There is one implementation that is 
heavily debated on the list. This implementation is for the main qemu part.

However there are also alternative implementation in xxx-user/mmap.c files for 
example. These alternative implementations are not on par with the main 
implementation when it comes to the behavior. In particular it does not 
abort() on error for example. Is this perceived as a problem? Should all 
qemu_malloc() implementation have the same behavior (whatever is finally agreed 
upon on the list)?

On the same kind of topic, these files do not offer some of the desired 
function. In particular there are no implementation of qemu_strdup() or 
qemu_strndud() and therefore the classical strdup() function is used in some 
files. Is this other issue perceived as another problem to solve?

Thanks

JC