png_set_hIST(png_structp png_ptr, png_infop info_ptr, png_uint_16p hist)
{
   int i;

   png_debug1(1, "in %s storage function", "hIST");

   if (png_ptr == NULL || info_ptr == NULL)
      return;

   if (info_ptr->num_palette == 0 || info_ptr->num_palette
       > PNG_MAX_PALETTE_LENGTH)
   {
      png_warning(png_ptr,
         "Invalid palette size, hIST allocation skipped.");
      return;
   }

#ifdef PNG_FREE_ME_SUPPORTED
   png_free_data(png_ptr, info_ptr, PNG_FREE_HIST, 0);
#endif
   /* Changed from info->num_palette to PNG_MAX_PALETTE_LENGTH in
    * version 1.2.1
    */
   png_ptr->hist = (png_uint_16p)png_malloc_warn(png_ptr,
      (png_uint_32)(PNG_MAX_PALETTE_LENGTH * png_sizeof(png_uint_16)));
   if (png_ptr->hist == NULL)
   {
      png_warning(png_ptr, "Insufficient memory for hIST chunk data.");
      return;
   }

   for (i = 0; i < info_ptr->num_palette; i++)
      png_ptr->hist[i] = hist[i];
   info_ptr->hist = png_ptr->hist;
   info_ptr->valid |= PNG_INFO_hIST;

#ifdef PNG_FREE_ME_SUPPORTED
   info_ptr->free_me |= PNG_FREE_HIST;
#else
   png_ptr->flags |= PNG_FLAG_FREE_HIST;
#endif
}

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