* patch #3966: Create a mh_xmalloc function to prevent mistakes when

[mmh] / sbr / fmt_new.c

diff --git a/sbr/fmt_new.c b/sbr/fmt_new.c
index effd06f..c1bc7c7 100644 (file)
--- a/sbr/fmt_new.c
+++ b/sbr/fmt_new.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <h/mh.h>
+#include <h/utils.h>
 
 #define QUOTE '\\'
 
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ new_fs (char *form, char *format, char *default_fs)
        if (fstat (fileno (fp), &st) == -1)
            adios (form, "unable to stat format file");
 
-       if (!(formats = malloc ((size_t) st.st_size + 1)))
-           adios (form, "unable to allocate space for format");
+       formats = mh_xmalloc ((size_t) st.st_size + 1);
 
        if (read (fileno(fp), formats, (int) st.st_size) != st.st_size)
            adios (form, "error reading format file");