bson_malloc0 (3) Linux Manual Page
bson_malloc0() – This is a portable malloc() wrapper that also sets the memory to zero. Similar to calloc().
Synopsis
void *
bson_malloc0 (size_t num_bytes);
Parameters
- num_bytes
- A size_t.
Description
This is a portable malloc(3) wrapper that also sets the memory to zero. Similar to calloc(3) \&.In general, this function will return an allocation at least sizeof(void*) bytes or bigger.
If there was a failure to allocate num_bytes bytes, the process will be aborted.
NOTE
- This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.