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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:42:22 +0200
From: Johannes Weiner <hnazfoo@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: Return value of malloc(0)
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Hi,

On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 08:10:45PM +0200, Andre Albsmeier wrote:
> "If you use malloc(0) and are crazy enough to access the 'allocated'
> memory we give you a SIGSEV to show you how dumb you are :-)".

They should check the return value of malloc() in any case for
successful allocation.. shouldn't they?

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