Merge pull request #15 from jsquyres/topic/memcheker-calloc

memchecker: per RFC, use calloc for OBJ_NEW

opal/class/opal_object.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2007      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -464,7 +464,11 @@ static inline opal_object_t *opal_obj_new(opal_class_t * cls)
     opal_object_t *object;
     assert(cls->cls_sizeof >= sizeof(opal_object_t));
 
+#if OPAL_WANT_MEMCHECKER
+    object = (opal_object_t *) calloc(1, cls->cls_sizeof);
+#else
     object = (opal_object_t *) malloc(cls->cls_sizeof);
+#endif
     if (0 == cls->cls_initialized) {
         opal_class_initialize(cls);
     }

opal/mca/memchecker/valgrind/configure.m4

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2008 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
 #                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 # 
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_opal_memchecker_valgrind_CONFIG],[
                   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
 #include "valgrind/memcheck.h"
 ]],
-                     [[char buffer = 0xff;
+                     [[char buffer = 0x0f;
                        VALGRIND_CHECK_MEM_IS_ADDRESSABLE(&buffer, sizeof(buffer));]])],
                      [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
                       opal_memchecker_valgrind_happy=yes],