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libc/realloc: Set errno for invalid parameters

Realloc() was checking some error conditions and returning NULL
in that case, but it meant that errno was not set in that case
which can lead to confusing outputs if perror() or strerror()
are called after it.

--- a/src/libc/stdlib/realloc.c

+++ b/src/libc/stdlib/realloc.c

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@

+#include <errno.h>

 #include <stdint.h>

 #include <stdlib.h>

 #include <string.h>

@@ -11,8 +12,15 @@

 	Header *oh, *prev, *next, *new;

 	size_t nunits, avail, onbytes, n;

-	if (nbytes == 0 || nbytes > SIZE_MAX - sizeof(Header)-1)

+	if (nbytes == 0) {

+		errno = EINVAL;

 		return NULL;

+	}

+

+	if (nbytes > SIZE_MAX - sizeof(Header)-1) {

+		errno = ENOMEM;

+		return NULL;

+	}

 	if (!ptr)

 		return malloc(nbytes);