Allocate a one-byte IOBuffer for transfers that are zero-length.

chrome/browser/extensions/api/usb/usb_device_resource.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/extensions/api/usb/usb_device_resource.h"
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "base/bind.h"
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   return false;
 }
 
 template<class T>
 static scoped_refptr<net::IOBuffer> CreateBufferForTransfer(const T& input) {
   size_t size = 0;
   if (!GetTransferSize(input, &size)) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  scoped_refptr<net::IOBuffer> buffer = new net::IOBuffer(size);
+  scoped_refptr<net::IOBuffer> buffer = new net::IOBuffer(std::max(
+      static_cast<size_t>(1), size));
   if (!input.data.get()) {

[bryeung, 2012/08/13 15:22:28]

nit: this if and the one above should be brace-less

     return buffer;
   }
 
   memcpy(buffer->data(), input.data->data(), size);
-
   return buffer;
 }
 
 static const char* ConvertTransferStatusToErrorString(
     const UsbTransferStatus status) {
   switch (status) {
     case USB_TRANSFER_COMPLETED:
       return "";
     case USB_TRANSFER_ERROR:
       return kErrorGeneric;
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                                          UsbTransferStatus status) {
   if (buffer) {
     base::BinaryValue* const response_buffer =
         base::BinaryValue::CreateWithCopiedBuffer(buffer->data(), length);
     event_notifier()->OnTransferComplete(status,
         ConvertTransferStatusToErrorString(status), response_buffer);
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace extensions