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Re: [PATCH] aout relocs
msnyder@sonic.net writes:
> With hat in hand, are you sure? bfd_malloc does not check for
> size == 0 before it calls malloc, and malloc(0) is "implementation
> defined" (whatever that may mean).
There are only two ways malloc(0) may behave: either return NULL or a
unique pointer.
> Is memcpy(x,y,0) well defined?
Sure.
> And bfd_bread does this:
>
> memcpy (ptr, bim->buffer + abfd->where, size);
>
> where both ptr and size might be zero.
That's the only place where something needs to be done (the pointer must
still be valid even if the size is zero).
Andreas.
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