From b4465afa8a1050accd7a6aa3f684ad5ea7512151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Tim=20R=C3=BChsen?= <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:34:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] * src/utils.c (stable_sort): Reduce tmp allocation size

Reported-by: Coverity
---
 src/utils.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index d8b3c828..31983ccf 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -2422,8 +2422,7 @@ mergesort_internal (void *base, void *temp, size_t size, size_t from, size_t to,
 }
 
 /* Stable sort with interface exactly like standard library's qsort.
-   Uses mergesort internally, allocating temporary storage with
-   alloca.  */
+   Uses mergesort internally. */
 
 void
 stable_sort (void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
@@ -2431,7 +2430,7 @@ stable_sort (void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
 {
   if (size > 1)
     {
-      void *temp = malloc (nmemb * size * sizeof (void *));
+      void *temp = malloc (nmemb * size);
       mergesort_internal (base, temp, size, 0, nmemb - 1, cmpfun);
       xfree(temp);
     }