How to zero out new memory after realloc

Question

What is the best way to zero out new memory after calling realloc while keeping the initially allocated memory intact?

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Answer 1

First of all, realloc can fail, so you need to check for NULL. Second, there is no better way to zero out the memory: just memset from the end of the old buffer to the end of the larger buffer.