libbb: introduce and use xrealloc_vector
function old new delta
xrealloc_vector_helper - 51 +51
create_list 84 99 +15
getopt_main 690 695 +5
passwd_main 1049 1053 +4
get_cached 85 89 +4
msh_main 1377 1380 +3
add_match 42 41 -1
read_lines 720 718 -2
grave 1068 1066 -2
fill_match_lines 143 141 -2
add_to_dirlist 67 65 -2
add_input_file 49 47 -2
act 252 250 -2
fsck_main 2252 2246 -6
man_main 765 757 -8
bb_internal_initgroups 228 220 -8
cut_main 1052 1041 -11
add_edge_to_node 55 43 -12
dpkg_main 3851 3835 -16
ifupdown_main 2202 2178 -24
sort_main 838 812 -26
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 5/15 up/down: 82/-124) Total: -42 bytes
diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
index 378cb44..fc65d52 100644
--- a/include/libbb.h
+++ b/include/libbb.h
@@ -564,10 +564,14 @@
/* dmalloc will redefine these to it's own implementation. It is safe
* to have the prototypes here unconditionally. */
-extern void *malloc_or_warn(size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
-extern void *xmalloc(size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
-extern void *xzalloc(size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
-extern void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
+void *malloc_or_warn(size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
+void *xmalloc(size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
+void *xzalloc(size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
+void *xrealloc(void *old, size_t size) FAST_FUNC;
+#define xrealloc_vector(vector, shift, idx) \
+ xrealloc_vector_helper((vector), (sizeof((vector)[0]) << 8) + (shift), (idx))
+void* xrealloc_vector_helper(void *vector, unsigned sizeof_and_shift, int idx) FAST_FUNC;
+
extern ssize_t safe_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count) FAST_FUNC;
extern ssize_t nonblock_safe_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count) FAST_FUNC;