>> >> I found this in HACKING: >> >> >> >> Please note that NULL check for the g_malloc result is redundant and >> >> that g_malloc() call with zero size is not allowed. >> > >> > So we have: >> > >> > 1. You should not request 0 bytes from g_malloc(). >> >> I think this was related to qemu_malloc() and Anthony's sed run made it >> refer to g_malloc(), even though it works just fine with 0 bytes. We >> should probably remove this sentence. > > If you remove it then you can't interpret it the way I did. It's not > longer possible to say that g_malloc() never returns NULL. You always > have to qualify that with "unless you ask for 0 bytes". :)
I have a number of ELFs that result in ELF loader making zero-size malloc. Previously I had to enable CONFIG_ZERO_MALLOC, now it just works. -- Thanks. -- Max
