From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Joe Simmons-Talbott <josimmon@redhat.com>, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] vfprintf-internal: Replace alloca with malloc.
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 11:08:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8e9beea2-b128-83f1-dead-2c3866e28182@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230515185012.2768620-1-josimmon@redhat.com>
On 2023-05-15 11:50, Joe Simmons-Talbott via Libc-alpha wrote:
> + args_value[cnt].pa_user = malloc (args_size[cnt]);
> + if (args_value[cnt].pa_user == NULL)
> + break;
Shouldn't an error be returned if a printf function runs out of memory
internally?
Also, that function already uses a scratch buffer; why not grow the
scratch buffer instead of calling malloc separately?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-17 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-15 18:50 Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-05-17 18:08 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2023-05-17 18:53 ` Cristian Rodríguez
2023-05-17 19:41 ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-05-17 20:07 ` Paul Eggert
2023-05-17 21:32 ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
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