[PATCH] queue_new(): if calloc fails, abort (CID #57918)

Coverity complains about a 'Dereference before null check' on *queue. So, push the NULL check further up, but also, instead of handling a calloc failure as error, rather abort the program. --- gtp/queue.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/gtp/queue.c b/gtp/queue.c index 7c971b0..707b522 100644 --- a/gtp/queue.c +++ b/gtp/queue.c @@ -127,16 +127,15 @@ int queue_new(struct queue_t **queue) if (QUEUE_DEBUG) printf("queue_new\n"); *queue = calloc(1, sizeof(struct queue_t)); + if (!(*queue)) + abort(); (*queue)->next = 0; (*queue)->first = -1; (*queue)->last = -1; if (QUEUE_DEBUG) queue_print(*queue); - if (*queue) - return 0; - else - return EOF; + return 0; } /*! \brief Deallocates queue structure */ -- 2.1.4