4 files changed, 39 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/xine-utils/attributes.h b/src/xine-utils/attributes.h
index 27c6fc5bc..80bcadd7f 100644
--- a/src/xine-utils/attributes.h
+++ b/src/xine-utils/attributes.h
@@ -69,4 +69,16 @@
 # define XINE_FORMAT_PRINTF_ARG(fmt)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef SUPPORT_ATTRIBUTE_PACKED
+# define XINE_PACKED __attribute__((packed))
+#else
+# define XINE_PACKED
+#endif
+
+#ifdef SUPPORT_ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC
+# define XINE_MALLOC __attribute__((__malloc__))
+#else
+# define XINE_MALLOC
+#endif
+
 #endif /* ATTRIBUTE_H_ */
diff --git a/src/xine-utils/memcpy.c b/src/xine-utils/memcpy.c
index 539f4c8dd..67645081e 100644
--- a/src/xine-utils/memcpy.c
+++ b/src/xine-utils/memcpy.c
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ static void *linux_kernel_memcpy(void *to, const void *from, size_t len) {
 #endif /* ARCH_X86 */
 
 static struct {
-  char *name;
-  void *(* function)(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
+  char *const name;
+  void *(*const  function)(void *to, const void *from, size_t len);
 
   uint64_t time; /* This type could be used for non-MSC build too! */
 
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void xine_probe_fast_memcpy(xine_t *xine)
   char             *buf1, *buf2;
   int               i, j, best;
   int               config_flags = -1;
-  static const char *memcpy_methods[] = {
+  static const char *const memcpy_methods[] = {
     "probe", "libc",
 #if (defined(ARCH_X86) || defined(ARCH_X86_64)) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
     "kernel", "mmx", "mmxext", "sse",
diff --git a/src/xine-utils/utils.c b/src/xine-utils/utils.c
index fa0c11dbe..63c2e2f09 100644
--- a/src/xine-utils/utils.c
+++ b/src/xine-utils/utils.c
@@ -256,6 +256,27 @@ void *xine_xmalloc(size_t size) {
   return ptr;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Wrapper around calloc() function.
+ * @param nmemb Number of elements to allocate
+ * @param size Size of each element to allocate
+ *
+ * This is a simple wrapper around calloc(), the only thing
+ * it does more than calloc() is outputting an error if
+ * the calloc fails (returning NULL).
+ */
+void *xine_xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) {
+  void *ptr;
+
+  if((ptr = calloc(nmemb, size)) == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: calloc() failed: %s.\n",
+	    __XINE_FUNCTION__, strerror(errno));
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return ptr;
+}
+
 void *xine_xmalloc_aligned(size_t alignment, size_t size, void **base) {
 
   char *ptr;
diff --git a/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h b/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h
index 03c5f689a..0be29ff63 100644
--- a/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h
+++ b/src/xine-utils/xineutils.h
@@ -624,11 +624,9 @@ void xine_profiler_print_results (void) XINE_PROTECTED;
  * Allocate and clean memory size_t 'size', then return the pointer
  * to the allocated memory.
  */
-#if !defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ < 3
-void *xine_xmalloc(size_t size) XINE_PROTECTED;
-#else
-void *xine_xmalloc(size_t size) __attribute__ ((__malloc__)) XINE_PROTECTED;
-#endif
+void *xine_xmalloc(size_t size) XINE_MALLOC XINE_PROTECTED;
+
+void *xine_xcalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size) XINE_MALLOC XINE_PROTECTED;
 
 /*
  * Same as above, but memory is aligned to 'alignement'.