1 files changed, 42 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/tconfig.c b/test/tconfig.c
index 57cf3d4..01fc2df 100644
--- a/test/tconfig.c
+++ b/test/tconfig.c
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 /* verify C type sizes */
 #define vrfy_ctype(ctype, ctype_macro) \
     if (sizeof(ctype) != ctype_macro){ \
-	print_func("Error verfying %s expected: %d, got: %d\n", \
+	print_func("Error verifying %s expected: %d, got: %d\n", \
 	    #ctype_macro, ctype_macro, sizeof(ctype)); \
 	    num_errs++; \
     }
 
 /* local routine prototypes */
 void test_config_ctypes(void);
+void test_config_malloc(void);
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ test_configure(void)
     /* Output message about test being performed */
     MESSAGE(5, ("Testing configure definitions\n"));
     test_config_ctypes();
+    test_config_malloc();
 }
 
 
@@ -180,3 +182,42 @@ test_config_ctypes(void)
 #endif
 
 }
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function:	test_config_malloc
+ *
+ * Purpose:	test C language malloc function
+ *
+ * Return:	none (error is fed back via global variable num_errs)
+ *
+ * Programmer:	Albert Cheng
+ *              April 13, 2002
+ *
+ * Modifications:
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+void 
+test_config_malloc(void)
+{
+    char	*pt;
+    size_t	n;
+
+    /* verify H5_MALLOC_WORKS (malloc zero byte) macros */
+    pt = malloc(0);
+
+#ifdef H5_MALLOC_WORKS
+    if (pt==NULL){
+	print_func("Error verifying H5_MALLOC_WORKS: "
+	    "expected non-NULL, got NULL\n");
+	num_errs++;
+    }
+#else
+    if (pt!=NULL){
+	print_func("Error verifying H5_MALLOC_WORKS: "
+	    "expected NULL, got non-NULL\n");
+	num_errs++;
+    }
+#endif
+}