[U-Boot] [PATCH] Prevent malloc with size 0

Marek Vasut
2012-04-01T14:01:56Z

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