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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 index e65668566e6..2f7e0c61b52 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.20 2000/10/25 15:23:15 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.3,v 1.21 2001/10/30 17:01:07 tdeval Exp $ .\" .Dd August 27, 1996 .Dt MALLOC 3 @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ If the space is of or larger, the memory returned will be page-aligned. .Pp Allocation of a zero size object returns a pointer to a zero size object. +This zero size object is access protected, so any access to it will +generate an exception (SIGSEGV) .Pp The .Fn calloc |