Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Permit zero-sized qemu_malloc() & friends

[Laurent Desnogues]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Avi Kivity <address@hidden> wrote:
[...]
>
>> I think Laurent's proposal would work. We even could go so far as
>> rename the current function as qemu_malloc_possibly_broken (and adjust
>> callers mechanically) and introduce two new versions, which handle the
>> zero case in clearly advertised ways. Patches would fix the callers to
>> use the correct one
>
> Good idea.  Let's name the function that returns a valid pointer
> qemu_malloc() (since that's what many callers expect anyway, and it's fully
> backwards compatible), and see who calls
> qemu_malloc_dont_call_me_with_zero().

Yes, you're always free to follow poor coding rules by breaking strict
API.


Laurent