Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote on 2010/10/21 14:02:39: > > Dear Joakim Tjernlund, > > In message <OF9AD66E3F.36E9C654-ONC12577C3.004134FD-C12577C3. > 0041a...@transmode.se> you wrote: > > > > > Of course we could return some valid pointer like glibc does, i. e. > > > implement something like > > > > > > if (size == 0) > > > size = 8; > > > > > > or so. Do you think that would be better? > > > > Better than NULL, but best would be a ptr that will SEGV if > > you try to defer it. Not the easiest to impl., perhaps > > ~0 will do? > > The pointers you get from glibc can be read and written - they don't > segfault either (and usually we cannot do this in U-Boot, as most > systems have the MMU off).
OK, then if (size == 0) size = 8; is just as good as glibc then. A SEGV is better but you don't have to be perfect here _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot