Re: kmalloc() with size zero

[Stephane Eranian]

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.

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-Stephane
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