On Mar 22 2007 16:18, Stephane Eranian wrote: > >Hello, > >I ran into an issue with perfmon where I ended up calling >kmalloc() with a size of zero. To my surprise, this did >not return NULL but a valid data address. > >I am wondering if this is a property of kmalloc() or simply >a bug. It is the case that the __kmalloc() code does not >check for zero size.
I'd say "feature", glibc's malloc also returns an address on malloc(0). Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/