[flashrom-gerrit] Change in flashrom[master]: layout: Introduce flashrom_layout_new()

[Peter Marheine (Code Review)]

Attention is currently required from: Nico Huber, Edward O'Callaghan, Daniel Campello, Anastasia Klimchuk.
Peter Marheine has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/33543 )

Change subject: layout: Introduce flashrom_layout_new()
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Patch Set 7:

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File layout.c:

https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/33543/comment/e676029c_50124546 
PS5, Line 397: malloc
> > My main thought is that it becomes easier to debug failures because they'll crash predictably rath […]

Yes, that was the idea. It seems like an area where the performance is not important, so it seems reasonable to zero-initialize since it can prevent bugs or simplify debugging. But ultimately the choice of one or the other isn't very important.