C的free的参数是空指针的问题

这样一段代码

#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
    int *p;
    p = NULL;
    free(p);
    printf("test\n");
    return 0;
}

最后可以使用gcc编译成功并且输出结果是：

test
为什么free一个空指针没有报错，反而可以顺利运行到输出语句？

• The free() function frees the memory space pointed to by ptr, which
  must have been returned by a previous call to malloc(), calloc() or
  realloc(). Otherwise, or if free(ptr) has already been called before,
  undefined behavior occurs. If ptr is NULL, no operation is performed.