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Re: [PATCH] mtrace: properly handle realloc (p, 0)

KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com> writes:

>> KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> realloc (p, 0) behavior is an implementation defined
>>
>> No.
>
> Interesting. So, I reread
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/dr_400.htm. If we
> don't agree it is implementation defined. realloc(p, 0) should behave
> as BSD. then your patch is incorrect. no?

POSIX.1-2008 says: "If size is 0 and ptr is not a null pointer, the
object pointed to is freed."  That's pretty conclusive.

Andreas.

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