Code reviewHardcr-g161

Subject Memory safetyLevel Senior–Staff~30 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this C resource-cleanup path.

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Code to reviewc

1#include <stdlib.h>2 3int load(const char *path, char **out) {4    char *buf = malloc(1024);5    if (!buf) return -1;6    if (read_file(path, buf, 1024) < 0) {7        free(buf);8        goto fail;9    }10    *out = buf;11    return 0;12fail:13    free(buf);14    return -1;15}

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