linux-kernel - Re: kfree(0)

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708181020370.5186@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:21:34 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kfree(0) - ok?


On Aug 18 2007 01:40, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
>Do we really ? 
>
>If yes, who invented this 1980s reminiscence, where you got valid
>pointers for malloc(0) ?
>
>This is completely stupid. You do not go into a bar and order an empty
>glass, just because you might eventually become thirsty later.

Actually, this is how all-you-can-drink offers work. ;-)


	Jan
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