Add LIBVLC_MALLOC function attribute

when the return value is a *unique* pointer (or NULL)...

diff --git a/include/vlc_common.h b/include/vlc_common.h
index 87a0610955af20819abfe0446d8e9a672bc29713..2244cdbbf0dea75dcbe908dceaf91dbdf508001f 100644 (file)
--- a/include/vlc_common.h
+++ b/include/vlc_common.h
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #   define LIBVLC_FORMAT(x,y) __attribute__ ((format(printf,x,y)))
 #   define LIBVLC_USED __attribute__ ((warn_unused_result))
+#   define LIBVLC_MALLOC __attribute__ ((malloc))
 #else
 #   define LIBVLC_FORMAT(x,y)
 #   define LIBVLC_USED
+#   define LIBVLC_MALLOC
 #endif
 
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