From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-il1-x136.google.com (mail-il1-x136.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B4963857C75 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:22:48 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 3B4963857C75 Received: by mail-il1-x136.google.com with SMTP id p16so9777391ile.0 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:22:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=i92f4IonSbnpmDweuVnb5ucuwsgWPE47uQtJHtHobKM=; b=moKZ7gYwuwy1O4clD5nuM00LJgpXwBR+rVmAwcFuWyyxLrUlfwvAedDxBVfMk9gRhf moPC7bhr5WBKVdKdzEeBNMLHpvu4XJjhIdulhb/MVPkcNMizPb89W+EvH0uqHgNJhcjH EW2txuSoxVB4OquTzwS88sm5pN01zQVBS1oHMnx903Vdhcde25MsgUrJmXdZFz3VYjT0 i9Wto1CJt6ZpS2vGDr2cYA4t2J3Qdgy0kjuoDozrR/bLVTaBTc4txK2LkRhAjPCL8Zkp z7yH3I4GL+bPyIisaXMrbJVAgZV05F5J3e5TFXSd1yLs3ikqSNbb1NcJEPZxU1q1OwhV nzmQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532++NXrc+Rdun+yIMVV2n1I3bz/Cz/vMPOrMy30KaPMB8oRuVLn vDxPA6JDp2tfYzS27QjQN+3b9qHjxgx+n1+322g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzKyO9QiCSlBmoes/dgvddKnJkaqfXxfvAF7vhp2KyrH6CyFl/HSPYYQu4DlbOAQMn8nWBcwPGj8Sxj0Ma080k= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6e02:13ee:: with SMTP id w14mr13276464ilj.4.1597130567770; Tue, 11 Aug 2020 00:22:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Jonathan Wakely Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 08:22:36 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is realloc(3) permitted to fail when shrinking a block? To: =?UTF-8?B?5a2Z5LiW6b6ZIHN1bnNoaWxvbmc=?= Cc: Dan Kegel , gcc-help Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-help mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:22:49 -0000 On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 at 07:39, =E5=AD=99=E4=B8=96=E9=BE=99 sunshilong via Gc= c-help wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. > > >If the heap's corrupt, yes, it can fail... > Could you please explain that in more detail? This mailing list is about GCC, not general C programming. The realloc function is not part of GCC.