[PATCH] libc/stddef/malloc/realloc.c: Fix failure when doing realloc(mem, -1).
James Coleman
james.coleman at ubicom.com
Thu Jul 30 18:45:16 UTC 2009
Now check that new_size is > ((unsigned long)-(MALLOC_HEADER_SIZE*2)),
which is the same test that is found in malloc.
This fixes a test failure in test/malloc/tst-mcheck.
Signed-off-by: James Coleman <jcoleman at ubicom.com>
---
libc/stdlib/malloc/realloc.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libc/stdlib/malloc/realloc.c b/libc/stdlib/malloc/realloc.c
index a827199..10c580c 100644
--- a/libc/stdlib/malloc/realloc.c
+++ b/libc/stdlib/malloc/realloc.c
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ realloc (void *mem, size_t new_size)
size_t size;
char *base_mem;
- /* Check for special cases. */
- if (! new_size)
+ /* Check for special cases, such as realloc(mem, 0) or if they are
+ doing something dumb like realloc(mem, -1) */
+ if (unlikely(! new_size) ||
+ unlikely(((unsigned long)new_size > (unsigned long)(MALLOC_HEADER_SIZE*-2)))))
{
free (mem);
return malloc (new_size);
--
1.6.1.1
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