Code reviewHardcr-g168

Subject Buffer overflowLevel Senior–Staff~30 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this C array allocator that multiplies count by element size.

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Code to reviewc

1#include <stdlib.h>2#include <string.h>3 4int *copy_ints(const int *src, unsigned count) {5    int *dst = malloc(count * sizeof(int));6    if (!dst) return NULL;7    memcpy(dst, src, count * sizeof(int));8    return dst;9}

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