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diff --git a/gdb/defs.h b/gdb/defs.h
index 44eb9c1..d749d59 100644
--- a/gdb/defs.h
+++ b/gdb/defs.h
@@ -856,10 +856,13 @@ extern char *savestring (const char *, size_t);
"libiberty.h". */
extern void xfree (void *);
+/* Like xmalloc, but zero the memory. */
+extern void *xzalloc (size_t);
+
/* Utility macros to allocate typed memory. Avoids errors like:
struct foo *foo = xmalloc (sizeof struct bar); and memset (foo,
sizeof (struct foo), 0). */
-#define XZALLOC(TYPE) ((TYPE*) memset (xmalloc (sizeof (TYPE)), 0, sizeof (TYPE)))
+#define XZALLOC(TYPE) ((TYPE*) xzalloc (sizeof (TYPE)))
#define XMALLOC(TYPE) ((TYPE*) xmalloc (sizeof (TYPE)))
#define XCALLOC(NMEMB, TYPE) ((TYPE*) xcalloc ((NMEMB), sizeof (TYPE)))