A zero byte allocation should be considered a leak?

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I'm checking memory allocation with poolmon for a C application, after uninstall it still have 1 allocation with zero bytes. Can this be considered as a memory leak?

Yes, since `malloc(0)` is not required to return `NULL`. – EOF Sep 12 '16 at 21:26 — EOF, Sep 12 '16 at 21:26
did you check the heap before you did any allocations? – Serge Sep 12 '16 at 21:27 — Serge, Sep 12 '16 at 21:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '16 at 21:29

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It's an implementation defined.

But even malloc(0) must be free()'d.

answered Sep 12 '16 at 21:29

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"malloc(0) must be free()'d" if the result is not `NULL`. – chux - Reinstate Monica Sep 12 '16 at 22:31

A zero byte allocation should be considered a leak?

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