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| -rw-r--r-- | src/H5Ofill.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Ofill.c b/src/H5Ofill.c index 1914e0a..b999648 100644 --- a/src/H5Ofill.c +++ b/src/H5Ofill.c @@ -811,7 +811,10 @@ H5O_fill_convert(H5O_fill_t *fill, H5T_t *dset_type, hbool_t *fill_changed, hid_ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "memory allocation failed for type conversion") HDmemcpy(buf, fill->buf, H5T_get_size(fill->type)); } /* end else */ - if(H5T_path_bkg(tpath) && NULL == (bkg = H5MM_malloc(H5T_get_size(dset_type)))) + + /* Use CALLOC here to clear the buffer in case later the library thinks there's + * data in the background. */ + if(H5T_path_bkg(tpath) && NULL == (bkg = H5MM_calloc(H5T_get_size(dset_type)))) HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_RESOURCE, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "memory allocation failed for type conversion") /* Do the conversion */ |