Reallow 0 byte encodes

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/erasurecode.c b/src/erasurecode.c
index c932c85..037411e 100644
--- a/src/erasurecode.c
+++ b/src/erasurecode.c
@@ -392,12 +392,6 @@ int liberasurecode_encode(int desc,
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (orig_data_size <= 0) {
-        log_error("Size of data to encode must be a positive value");
-        ret = -EINVALIDPARAMS;
-        goto out;
-    }
-
     if (encoded_data == NULL) {
         log_error("Pointer to encoded data buffers is null!");
         return -EINVALIDPARAMS;
diff --git a/test/liberasurecode_test.c b/test/liberasurecode_test.c
index 45e4026..e92795e 100644
--- a/test/liberasurecode_test.c
+++ b/test/liberasurecode_test.c
@@ -324,10 +324,6 @@ static void test_encode_invalid_args()
             &encoded_data, &encoded_parity, &encoded_fragment_len);
     assert(rc < 0);
 
-    rc = liberasurecode_encode(desc, orig_data, 0,
-            &encoded_data, &encoded_parity, &encoded_fragment_len);
-    assert(rc < 0);
-
     rc = liberasurecode_encode(desc, orig_data, orig_data_size,
             NULL, &encoded_parity, &encoded_fragment_len);
     assert(rc < 0);