Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:39:10 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: kmalloc() with size zero |
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Stephane Eranian wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 06:30:34PM +0200, Folkert van Heusden wrote: >>>> I'd say "feature", glibc's malloc also returns an address on >>>> malloc(0). >>>> >>> This is implementation defined-the standard allows for return of either >>> null or an address. >> Entirely for entertainment: AIX (5.3) returns NULL, IRIX returns a valid >> address. >> > That's interesting, so many different behaviors! Personally, I still prefer > when malloc(0) returns zero because it makes it easier to catch errors. > Exactly, the address returned is not really useful, the improved error checking is useful.
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