On Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 01:42:38PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote:

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+
+       The glibc implementation of realloc() is not consistent with
+       that, and as a consequence, it is dangerous to call
+       realloc(p, 0) in glibc.

More importantly, with C23 making it undefined behavior, it is
dangerous to call realloc(non_null, 0) in ANY libc, ever.  Regardless
of whether glibc documents semantics that comply (or don't comply)
with older standards.

That is, unless a future revision of POSIX adds intentional <CX>
shading to state that on POSIX platforms, realloc(non_null, 0) has
well-defined behavior, and therefore making it usable on POSIX systems
even if not appropriate for generic C systems.

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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