This function is needed for the fixed length string feature in the state
framework.
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
The idea is to panic() when there is no memory available for normal
operation. Exception: code which can consume arbitrary amount of RAM
(example: files allocated in ramfs) must report error instead of panic().
This patch also fixes code which didn't check for NULL from malloc() etc.
Usage: malloc(), memalign() return NULL when out of RAM.
xmalloc(), xmemalign() always return non-NULL or panic().
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>