diff --git a/libblkid/xalloc.h b/libblkid/xalloc.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
+ *
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ *
+ * General memory allocation wrappers for malloc, realloc, calloc and strdup
+ */
+
+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_XALLOC_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_XALLOC_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+
+#ifndef XALLOC_EXIT_CODE
+# define XALLOC_EXIT_CODE EXIT_FAILURE
+#endif
+
+static inline __ul_alloc_size(1)
+void *xmalloc(const size_t size)
+{
+        void *ret = malloc(size);
+
+        if (!ret && size)
+                err(XALLOC_EXIT_CODE, "cannot allocate %zu bytes", size);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static inline __ul_alloc_size(2)
+void *xrealloc(void *ptr, const size_t size)
+{
+        void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
+
+        if (!ret && size)
+                err(XALLOC_EXIT_CODE, "cannot allocate %zu bytes", size);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static inline __ul_calloc_size(1, 2)
+void *xcalloc(const size_t nelems, const size_t size)
+{
+        void *ret = calloc(nelems, size);
+
+        if (!ret && size && nelems)
+                err(XALLOC_EXIT_CODE, "cannot allocate %zu bytes", size);
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static inline char *xstrdup(const char *str)
+{
+        char *ret;
+
+        if (!str)
+                return NULL;
+
+        ret = strdup(str);
+
+        if (!ret)
+                err(XALLOC_EXIT_CODE, "cannot duplicate string");
+        return ret;
+}
+
+static inline int __attribute__ ((__format__(printf, 2, 3)))
+    xasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	int ret;
+	va_list args;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	ret = vasprintf(&(*strp), fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		err(XALLOC_EXIT_CODE, "cannot allocate string");
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+static inline char *xgethostname(void)
+{
+	char *name;
+	size_t sz = get_hostname_max() + 1;
+
+	name = xmalloc(sizeof(char) * sz);
+	if (gethostname(name, sz) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	name[sz - 1] = '\0';
+	return name;
+}
+
+#endif