Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: kfree(0) - ok? | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Date | Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:40:22 +0200 |
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On Sat, 2007-08-18 at 00:42 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On 8/18/07, Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> wrote: > > That was merged over my objections. IMHO ksize(NULL) should fail since we > > are determining the size of an unallocated object. > > Agreed, especially as we have real zero-sized objects returned from > kmalloc() et al now.
Do we really ?
If yes, who invented this 1980s reminiscence, where you got valid pointers for malloc(0) ?
This is completely stupid. You do not go into a bar and order an empty glass, just because you might eventually become thirsty later.
tglx
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