From 22fd57869383a6ca44f5d3c189c6f629c6929ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 18:56:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] * variable.c (create_pattern_var): [SV 51266] Create with
 xcalloc().

Reported by Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>
---
 variable.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/variable.c b/variable.c
index 364774f0..e9bf5b59 100644
--- a/variable.c
+++ b/variable.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct pattern_var *
 create_pattern_var (const char *target, const char *suffix)
 {
   register unsigned int len = strlen (target);
-  register struct pattern_var *p = xmalloc (sizeof (struct pattern_var));
+  register struct pattern_var *p = xcalloc (sizeof (struct pattern_var));
 
   if (pattern_vars != 0)
     {