Re: kmalloc() with size zero

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

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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