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diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c b/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c
index 6b77736a3bc..da666076627 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c,v 1.32 2002/08/12 00:36:12 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c,v 1.33 2002/10/11 04:12:14 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -453,6 +453,29 @@ MemoryContextAlloc(MemoryContext context, Size size)
}
/*
+ * MemoryContextAllocZero
+ * Like MemoryContextAlloc, but clears allocated memory
+ *
+ * We could just call MemoryContextAlloc then clear the memory, but this
+ * function is called too many times, so we have a separate version.
+ */
+void *
+MemoryContextAllocZero(MemoryContext context, Size size)
+{
+ void *ret;
+
+ AssertArg(MemoryContextIsValid(context));
+
+ if (!AllocSizeIsValid(size))
+ elog(ERROR, "MemoryContextAllocZero: invalid request size %lu",
+ (unsigned long) size);
+
+ ret = (*context->methods->alloc) (context, size);
+ MemSet(ret, 0, size);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
* pfree
* Release an allocated chunk.
*/