Incorrect special case for "return 204" removed. The special case in question leads to replies without body in configuration like location / { error_page 404 /zero; return 404; } location /zero { return 204; } while replies with empty body are expected per protocol specs. Correct one will look like if (status == NGX_HTTP_NO_CONTENT) { rc = ngx_http_send_header(r); if (rc == NGX_ERROR || r->header_only) { return rc; } return ngx_http_send_special(r, NGX_HTTP_LAST); } though it looks like it's better to drop this special case at all.

/*
 * Copyright (C) Igor Sysoev
 */


#ifndef _NGX_ALLOC_H_INCLUDED_
#define _NGX_ALLOC_H_INCLUDED_


#include <ngx_config.h>
#include <ngx_core.h>


void *ngx_alloc(size_t size, ngx_log_t *log);
void *ngx_calloc(size_t size, ngx_log_t *log);

#define ngx_free          free
#define ngx_memalign(alignment, size, log)  ngx_alloc(size, log)

extern ngx_uint_t  ngx_pagesize;
extern ngx_uint_t  ngx_pagesize_shift;
extern ngx_uint_t  ngx_cacheline_size;


#endif /* _NGX_ALLOC_H_INCLUDED_ */