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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. |
| Date | Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:48:42 -0800 |
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
> Jonas Lund of https://whizzter.woorlic.org/ mentioned this
> trick in a HackerNews comment:
>
> Given:
>
> struct S {
> // ...
> T A[];
> };
>
> Don't do this:
>
> malloc(offsetof(S, A) + n * sizeof (T));
>
> But rather this:
>
> malloc(offsetof(S, A[n]));
>
> It's easy to forget that the second argument of offsetof is a
> designator, not simply a member name.
Clever but inadvisable. Even if the offsetof() expression compiles,
in most cases it either gives a value that is too small or is
undefined behavior.
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Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 09:09 +0200
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Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-16 06:45 +0200
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-16 06:37 +0200
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Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-09 01:39 +0000
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. BGB <cr88192@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 22:25 -0500
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 19:50 -0700
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-10-10 04:20 +0000
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-12-15 11:24 -0800
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 13:35 -0700
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2025-10-08 13:36 -0700
Re: Nice way of allocating flexible struct. Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-12-14 22:48 -0800
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