mds-kbdc: add support for empty files

Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/mds-kbdc/raw-data.c b/src/mds-kbdc/raw-data.c
index a1f8ec3..b0985fe 100644
--- a/src/mds-kbdc/raw-data.c
+++ b/src/mds-kbdc/raw-data.c
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ static char* read_file(const char* restrict pathname, size_t* restrict size)
     }
   
   /* Shrink the buffer so it is not excessively large. */
-  fail_if (xxrealloc(old, content, buf_ptr, char));
+  if (buf_ptr) /* Simplest way to handle empty files: let the have the initial allocation size.  */
+    fail_if (xxrealloc(old, content, buf_ptr, char));
   
   /* Close file decriptor for the file. */
   close(fd);