1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index b9d013a24..dde91a2ba 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
  * Since dmalloc's prototypes overwrite the impls here as they are
  * included after these prototypes in libbb.h, all is well.
  */
+// Warn if we can't allocate size bytes of memory.
+void *malloc_or_warn(size_t size)
+{
+        void *ptr = malloc(size);
+        if (ptr == NULL && size != 0)
+                bb_error_msg(bb_msg_memory_exhausted);
+        return ptr;
+}
+
 // Die if we can't allocate size bytes of memory.
 void *xmalloc(size_t size)
 {