tree-wide: add bsearch_safe and use where appropriate

Should fix #8557.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/basic/util.h b/src/basic/util.h
index c24fd6c63..6ffc54f98 100644
--- a/src/basic/util.h
+++ b/src/basic/util.h
@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ void *xbsearch_r(const void *key, const void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size,
 #endif // 0
 
 /**
+ * Normal bsearch requires base to be nonnull. Here were require
+ * that only if nmemb > 0.
+ */
+static inline void* bsearch_safe(const void *key, const void *base,
+                                 size_t nmemb, size_t size, comparison_fn_t compar) {
+        if (nmemb <= 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        assert(base);
+        return bsearch(key, base, nmemb, size, compar);
+}
+
+/**
  * Normal qsort requires base to be nonnull. Here were require
  * that only if nmemb > 0.
  */