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| -rw-r--r-- | src/utils.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c index 60fa3f135..919553d3e 100644 --- a/src/utils.c +++ b/src/utils.c @@ -133,13 +133,14 @@ mpd_malloc void *xmalloc(size_t size) mpd_malloc void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size) { - void *ret; + void *ret = realloc(ptr, size); - /* hmm... realloc to 0 isn't uncommon..., is it? this check - * may be too extreme... (eric) */ - assert((mpd_likely(size))); + /* some C libraries return NULL when size == 0, + * make sure we get a free()-able pointer (free(NULL) + * doesn't work with all C libraries, either) */ + if (mpd_unlikely(!ret && !size)) + ret = realloc(ptr, 1); - ret = realloc(ptr, size); if (mpd_unlikely(!ret)) FATAL("OOM: realloc\n"); return ret; |