C - malloc allocating too much memory

Question

running int a strange scenario where malloc is allocating more memory than I ask for:

void function (int array [], int numberOfElements) {

int *secondArray = ma         


        

Answer 1

You are just lucky. Malloc can and sometimes does ask from more memory off the OS - Taking into account paging. Sometimes it does not even need to ask the OS for memory as it has asked for extra earlier. Therefore the malloc could ask for a page of memory - more that enough to satisfy your request and the extra memory happens to be filled with zeros.

You are in the land of undefined behaviour. So all bets are off.