From 57497c6ab24e3aacf41a67a49e77d18d339cb799 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Atkins <atkinssj@serenityos.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 16:13:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] LibCore: Add a Core::System wrapper for memory allocation

Allocating raw memory isn't something we do often, but it does happen.
Let's make it comfier.
---
 Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h   | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
index 01b882c76c..c7cc62c1aa 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.cpp
@@ -1837,4 +1837,12 @@ ErrorOr<String> current_executable_path()
     return String::from_utf8({ path, strlen(path) });
 }
 
+ErrorOr<Bytes> allocate(size_t count, size_t size)
+{
+    auto* data = static_cast<u8*>(calloc(count, size));
+    if (!data)
+        return Error::from_errno(errno);
+    return Bytes { data, size * count };
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
index c905dae160..1774be6de7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibCore/System.h
@@ -280,4 +280,6 @@ char** environment();
 
 ErrorOr<String> current_executable_path();
 
+ErrorOr<Bytes> allocate(size_t count, size_t size);
+
 }