[Bug c/18063] Gcc doesn't check overflowed size of structure

[mikulas at artax dot karlin dot mff dot cuni dot cz]

------- Additional Comments From mikulas at artax dot karlin dot mff dot cuni dot cz  2004-10-19 17:32 -------
Subject: Re:  Gcc doesn't check overflowed size of structure

If you rewrite it to

int main(void)
{
        size_t c = sizeof(struct a);
        struct a *b = malloc(c);
        return sizeof (struct a);
}

, it doesn't give warning with -W -Wall (except for unused b).

BTW. for array too large it gives error, so I think for structure, it
should too.

Mikulas


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18063