From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Prevent malloc with size 0
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 16:01:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201204011601.56322.marek.vasut@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF634F0BEE.AFA51E13-ONC12579D3.0043F86E-C12579D3.0044404A@transmode.se>
Dear Joakim Tjernlund,
> > Dear Mike Frysinger,
> >
> > > On Thursday, October 21, 2010 17:10:31 Graeme Russ wrote:
> > > > On 22/10/10 06:51, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > > have u-boot return an error.
> > > >
> > > > Is NULL what you consider to be an error
> > >
> > > yes
> > >
> > > > Besides, is not free(NULL) valid (does nothing) as well?
> > >
> > > yes, free(NULL) should work fine per POSIX
> > > -mike
> >
> > Well then, this patch wasn't accepted yet and I consider it OK to apply.
> > Any objections?
>
> There was a long debate on the list regarding this where I argued that
> malloc(0) should not be an error and malloc should return a ptr != NULL
> I guess that is why it hasn't been applied.
>
> Jocke
Ok, let's restart. Is there any objection why malloc(0) should not return NULL
in uboot? Is it coliding with any spec?
Best regards,
Marek Vasut
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-01 14:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-21 9:24 [U-Boot] [PATCH] Prevent malloc with size 0 Kostaras Nikolaos
2010-10-21 11:25 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-21 11:32 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-21 11:45 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-21 11:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-21 11:56 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-21 12:02 ` Wolfgang Denk
2010-10-21 12:54 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-21 19:51 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-21 21:10 ` Graeme Russ
2010-10-21 21:27 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-03-31 19:59 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-01 12:25 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-01 14:01 ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-04-01 14:15 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-01 14:21 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-01 22:40 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-01 23:45 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-01 23:52 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 0:13 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 0:25 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 1:04 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 1:40 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 2:51 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 3:05 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 6:39 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 3:12 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-02 3:16 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 3:36 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 3:43 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 4:23 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 4:27 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 6:55 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 7:17 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 7:40 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 14:05 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 14:26 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 14:42 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 15:08 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 15:23 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 16:00 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 16:39 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 17:22 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 18:00 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 18:40 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 19:14 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-02 21:02 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 19:23 ` Marek Vasut
2012-04-02 20:28 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 20:56 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 20:59 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 21:14 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-04-02 23:35 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-03 10:35 ` Graeme Russ
2012-10-16 6:31 ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-16 9:22 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-10-16 10:43 ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-16 11:46 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2012-10-16 10:43 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-10-16 22:41 ` Graeme Russ
2012-04-02 3:10 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-04-02 3:36 ` Marek Vasut
2010-10-22 6:10 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-22 7:18 ` Reinhard Meyer
2010-10-22 7:47 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-22 7:20 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-22 7:37 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-22 7:55 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-22 8:34 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-22 15:18 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-22 16:40 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-22 17:06 ` Mike Frysinger
2010-10-23 9:14 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-10-22 17:36 ` Scott Wood
2010-10-23 9:23 ` Joakim Tjernlund
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