diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a3e4027..d99ea2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ OBJS =  mdadm.o config.o policy.o mdstat.o  ReadMe.o util.o maps.o lib.o \
 	Incremental.o \
 	mdopen.o super0.o super1.o super-ddf.o super-intel.o bitmap.o \
 	super-mbr.o super-gpt.o \
-	restripe.o sysfs.o sha1.o mapfile.o crc32.o sg_io.o msg.o \
+	restripe.o sysfs.o sha1.o mapfile.o crc32.o sg_io.o msg.o xmalloc.o \
 	platform-intel.o probe_roms.o
 
-CHECK_OBJS = restripe.o sysfs.o maps.o lib.o
+CHECK_OBJS = restripe.o sysfs.o maps.o lib.o xmalloc.o
 
 SRCS =  $(patsubst %.o,%.c,$(OBJS))
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ MON_OBJS = mdmon.o monitor.o managemon.o util.o maps.o mdstat.o sysfs.o \
 	config.o policy.o lib.o \
 	Kill.o sg_io.o dlink.o ReadMe.o super0.o super1.o super-intel.o \
 	super-mbr.o super-gpt.o \
-	super-ddf.o sha1.o crc32.o msg.o bitmap.o \
+	super-ddf.o sha1.o crc32.o msg.o bitmap.o xmalloc.o \
 	platform-intel.o probe_roms.o
 
 MON_SRCS = $(patsubst %.o,%.c,$(MON_OBJS))
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ STATICSRC = pwgr.c
 STATICOBJS = pwgr.o
 
 ASSEMBLE_SRCS := mdassemble.c Assemble.c Manage.c config.c policy.c dlink.c util.c \
-	maps.c lib.c \
+	maps.c lib.c xmalloc.c \
 	super0.c super1.c super-ddf.c super-intel.c sha1.c crc32.c sg_io.c mdstat.c \
 	platform-intel.c probe_roms.c sysfs.c super-mbr.c super-gpt.c
 ASSEMBLE_AUTO_SRCS := mdopen.c
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ mdmon : $(MON_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(MON_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-z,now -o mdmon $(MON_OBJS) $(LDLIBS)
 msg.o: msg.c msg.h
 
-test_stripe : restripe.c mdadm.h
-	$(CC) $(CXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o test_stripe -DMAIN restripe.c
+test_stripe : restripe.c xmalloc.o mdadm.h
+	$(CC) $(CXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o test_stripe xmalloc.o  -DMAIN restripe.c
 
 raid6check : raid6check.o mdadm.h $(CHECK_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o raid6check raid6check.o $(CHECK_OBJS)
diff --git a/restripe.c b/restripe.c
index 1d2da1a..90896c8 100644
--- a/restripe.c
+++ b/restripe.c
@@ -998,26 +998,4 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	exit(0);
 }
 
-
-void *xmalloc(size_t len)
-{
-	void *rv = malloc(len);
-	char *msg;
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
-	write(2, msg, strlen(msg));
-	exit(4);
-}
-
-void *xcalloc(size_t num, size_t size)
-{
-	void *rv = calloc(num, size);
-	char *msg;
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
-	write(2, msg, strlen(msg));
-	exit(4);
-}
 #endif /* MAIN */
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 5a57392..a92a663 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1807,43 +1807,3 @@ struct mdinfo *container_choose_spares(struct supertype *st,
 	}
 	return disks;
 }
-
-void *xmalloc(size_t len)
-{
-	void *rv = malloc(len);
-	char *msg;
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
-	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
-}
-
-void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t len)
-{
-	void *rv = realloc(ptr, len);
-	char *msg;
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
-	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
-}
-
-void *xcalloc(size_t num, size_t size)
-{
-	void *rv = calloc(num, size);
-	char *msg;
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
-	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
-}
-
-char *xstrdup(const char *str)
-{
-	char *rv = strdup(str);
-	char *msg;
-	if (rv)
-		return rv;
-	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
-	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
-}
diff --git a/xmalloc.c b/xmalloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d42a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmalloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* mdadm - manage Linux "md" devices aka RAID arrays.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+ *
+ *
+ *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *    (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *    Author: Neil Brown
+ *    Email: <neilb@suse.de>
+ */
+
+#include	"mdadm.h"
+/*#include	<sys/socket.h>
+#include	<sys/utsname.h>
+#include	<sys/wait.h>
+#include	<sys/un.h>
+#include	<ctype.h>
+#include	<dirent.h>
+#include	<signal.h>
+*/
+
+void *xmalloc(size_t len)
+{
+	void *rv = malloc(len);
+	char *msg;
+	if (rv)
+		return rv;
+	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
+	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
+}
+
+void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+	void *rv = realloc(ptr, len);
+	char *msg;
+	if (rv)
+		return rv;
+	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
+	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
+}
+
+void *xcalloc(size_t num, size_t size)
+{
+	void *rv = calloc(num, size);
+	char *msg;
+	if (rv)
+		return rv;
+	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
+	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
+}
+
+char *xstrdup(const char *str)
+{
+	char *rv = strdup(str);
+	char *msg;
+	if (rv)
+		return rv;
+	msg = Name ": memory allocation failure - aborting\n";
+	exit(4+!!write(2, msg, strlen(msg)));
+}