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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Dint.c b/src/H5Dint.c
index f105e0a..9a80bfc 100644
--- a/src/H5Dint.c
+++ b/src/H5Dint.c
@@ -1596,15 +1596,20 @@ H5D_alloc_storage(H5D_t *dset/*in,out*/, hid_t dxpl_id, H5D_time_alloc_t time_al
switch(layout->type) {
case H5D_CONTIGUOUS:
if(!(*dset->shared->layout.ops->is_space_alloc)(&dset->shared->layout.storage)) {
- /* Reserve space in the file for the entire array */
- if(H5D_contig_alloc(f, dxpl_id, &layout->storage.u.contig/*out*/) < 0)
- HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize contiguous storage")
+ /* Check if we have a zero-sized dataset */
+ if(layout->storage.u.contig.size > 0) {
+ /* Reserve space in the file for the entire array */
+ if(H5D_contig_alloc(f, dxpl_id, &layout->storage.u.contig/*out*/) < 0)
+ HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_IO, H5E_CANTINIT, FAIL, "unable to initialize contiguous storage")
+
+ /* Indicate that we should initialize storage space */
+ must_init_space = TRUE;
+ } /* end if */
+ else
+ layout->storage.u.contig.addr = HADDR_UNDEF;
/* Indicate that we set the storage addr */
addr_set = TRUE;
-
- /* Indicate that we should initialize storage space */
- must_init_space = TRUE;
} /* end if */
break;