[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 18670] New: fastMalloc should crash on failed allocs

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Mon Apr 21 14:26:57 PDT 2008


http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18670

           Summary: fastMalloc should crash on failed allocs
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 526+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Template Framework
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: eric at webkit.org
                CC: mjs at apple.com


fastMalloc should crash on failed allocs

We don't check the results of of malloc most of the time anyway.  We might as
well make fastMalloc rash when an alloc fails.  Yes, we'd have to fix the few
cases where we check for null, to instead do a range-check before passing it
off to malloc.


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