CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: schwa...@cvs.openbsd.org 2025/05/27 06:40:37
Modified files:
lib/libc/stdlib: malloc.3
Log message:
Delete bad advice about abusing malloc_options = "X" as a production
feature to terminate the program when out of memory. Application code
should always handle failure of library functions properly. So if you
want your program to terminate, write something like
| p = malloc(...);
| if (p == NULL)
| err(1, NULL);
and don't abuse malloc_options.
Direction suggested by otto@ after anton@ pointed out that this very old
text still used an outdated data type for malloc_options and potentially
failed to define its value at compile time.
OK otto@
