Re: [Valgrind-users] diagnosing 0==malloc()

[WAROQUIERS P. <phi...@eu...>]

 
>> I understand the worry, but at least in my experience, I have not
seen
>> much programs which effectively go to an out of memory situation and
>> then check and recover.
>
>I'd say it's the other way around: most programs already check.
...
>Calls to malloc from third-party libraries are covered by interposing
>using LD_PRELOAD and RTLD_NEXT.  (I admit that effective _recovery_
>from 0==malloc() is almost non-existent.)
I think we both say the same, i.e. "programs that check **and** recover"
is very unfrequent.
Taking that into account, I think that handling a failed (re-)alloc
like any other Valgrind error (i.e. reporting each occurences) 
will not cause much disturbances.

Philippe

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