From e5cfe0e6b4345b8df749cc859b9502b190db43d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PJB3005 <pieterjan.briers+git@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:17:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use calloc instead of malloc followed by memset

Avoids forcing pages to be allocated until actually needed.
---
 src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
index 44984610ab..5a3b6c5f39 100644
--- a/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
+++ b/src/m_Do/m_Do_main.cpp
@@ -207,12 +207,11 @@ int game_main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     // 2. Setup Virtual Game RAM
     // Simulates Gamecube RAM (24MB + Audio etc, we take 256MB)
 #define GAME_RAM_SIZE (256 * 1024 * 1024)
-    void* virtualGameRam = malloc(GAME_RAM_SIZE);
+    void* virtualGameRam = calloc(1, GAME_RAM_SIZE);
     if (!virtualGameRam) {
         printf("Fatal: Failed to allocate game RAM\n");
         return -1;
     }
-    memset(virtualGameRam, 0, GAME_RAM_SIZE);
     OSSetArenaLo(virtualGameRam);
     OSSetArenaHi((char*)virtualGameRam + GAME_RAM_SIZE);