linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Factor out scale conversion code

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Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:36:42 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        jolsa@...nel.org, sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, eranian@...gle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] perf, tools: Factor out scale conversion code

> I tools/ specifically, I try to use the same constructs, list.h, rbtree,
> WARN_, pr_, etc, not panic()'ing, etc.
> 
> In this specific case, doing a:
> 
>    printf("life is hard, I give up"); exit(1);

Ok that would be just what a wrapper does, only open coded.

How about we just add helpers for these cases?

xstrdup
xmalloc
xasprintf 

etc.

-Andi