--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2018/12/05 19:03:26	1.109
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2022/10/08 21:54:05	1.110
@@ -116,19 +116,26 @@
 }
 
 void *
-salloc_ (int n)
+salloc_ (int n) noexcept
 {
   void *ptr = g_slice_alloc (n);
 
-  if (!ptr)
-    throw std::bad_alloc ();
+  if (ecb_expect_false (!ptr))
+    {
+      LOG (llevError, "out of memory allocating %d bytes, aborting.\n", n);
+      abort ();
+    }
 
   slice_alloc += n;
   return ptr;
 }
 
+// thos noinline works around a bug in gcc10, which otherwise inlines
+// this fucntion and, only in the inlined versions, optimises out
+// the memset, leasving memory uninitialised.
+ecb_noinline
 void *
-salloc_ (int n, void *src)
+salloc_ (int n, void *src) noexcept
 {
   void *ptr = salloc_ (n);