int entries, was_valid, newfd;
/* We can't free this memory, it becomes part of a linked list parsed atexit() */
- struct lock_file *lock_file = xmalloc(sizeof(struct lock_file));
+ struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
newfd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock_file, get_index_file());