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-rw-r--r--libguile/gc-malloc.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libguile/gc-malloc.c b/libguile/gc-malloc.c
index 638944a04..6ff8d0c3f 100644
--- a/libguile/gc-malloc.c
+++ b/libguile/gc-malloc.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ scm_gc_malloc (size_t size, const char *what)
to write it the program is killed with signal 11. --hwn
*/
- void *ptr = scm_malloc (size);
+ void *ptr = size ? scm_malloc (size) : NULL;
scm_gc_register_collectable_memory (ptr, size, what);
return ptr;
}
@@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ void
scm_gc_free (void *mem, size_t size, const char *what)
{
scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory (mem, size, what);
- free (mem);
+ if (mem)
+ free (mem);
}
char *