# \[PATCH v2 04/10\] grep/pcre2: prepare to add debugging to pcre2\_malloc()

- From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-02-18 00:08:36 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/02/7876814
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2019/10/7825431/t.md

```text
Change pcre2_malloc() in a way that'll make it easier for a debugging
fprintf() to spew out the allocated pointer.

This doesn't introduce any functional change, it just makes a
subsequent commit's diff easier to read. Changes code added in
513f2b0bbd4 (grep: make PCRE2 aware of custom allocator, 2019-10-16).

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <redacted>
---
 grep.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index b9adcd83e7a..f96d86c9293 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ static pcre2_general_context *pcre2_global_context;
 
 static void *pcre2_malloc(PCRE2_SIZE size, MAYBE_UNUSED void *memory_data)
 {
-	return malloc(size);
+	void *pointer = malloc(size);
+	return pointer;
 }
 
 static void pcre2_free(void *pointer, MAYBE_UNUSED void *memory_data)
-- 
2.30.0.284.gd98b1dd5eaa7

```