Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:40:54 -0700 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: malloc does not return null when out of memory Message-ID: <3F204456.1000000@tenebras.com> In-Reply-To: <20030724201934.59075.qmail@web14806.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030724201934.59075.qmail@web14806.mail.yahoo.com>
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Rostislav Krasny wrote: > The Single UNIX Specification extends malloc() function, a little. > Following URL is of the manual page of this function: > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/functions/malloc.html > Read "ERRORS" and "Issue 6" sections. Should FreeBSD be conformed to > this standard? FreeBSD malloc is POSIX/SUSv3 compliant. It returns NULL and sets errno to ENOMEM if insufficient storage space is available.
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