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Re: Malloc Query

From Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Malloc Query
Date 2011-05-21 14:30 +1200
Message-ID <93omefF1bbU15@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <a8b295514ba3fd1-1a35b@gmail.com> <0.3ac369f64d11bcd06d18.20110519002615BST.87ei3vtwtk.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <98a074c87051012-452fb@gmail.com> <0.bf5e9ff46dfbfc1e78d6.20110519032218BST.87tycrsa3p.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <fb81382c91724d0-17e8d@gmail.com>

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On 05/20/11 10:34 AM, Uncle Steve wrote:

A couple of comments on the code:

<snip>

> arena_head * arena_creat(size_t s, int n)
> {
>     arena_head * h;
>     int i;
>
>     h = malloc(sizeof(arena_head));
>     if(h == NULL) {
>        perror("malloc()");
>        exit(1);
>     }
>
>     h->obj_size = s;
>     h->arena_size = n;
>     h->free = n;
>
>     h->arena = malloc(s * n);
>     if(h->arena == NULL) {
>        perror("malloc()");
>        exit(1);
>     }
>
>     h->free_list = 0;
>
>     for(i = 0; i<  n; i++)
>        *((int *) arena_obj_addr(h, i)) = i + 1;
>
>     *((int *) arena_obj_addr(h, i)) = -1;

This writes past the end of the allocated block.

>     return(h);
> }
>
>
> typedef unsigned long long int T64;
>
> #define processcputime(p)                                                   \

Why go the the trouble of declaring this as a messy macro?

-- 
Ian Collins

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  Re: Malloc Query blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2011-05-17 12:55 -0700
    Re: Malloc Query "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-05-18 12:05 +0100
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        Re: Malloc Query Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-18 21:10 -0400
      Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-18 19:34 +0100
        Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 17:10 -0400
          Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 00:26 +0100
            Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-18 21:25 -0400
              Re: Malloc Query James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-18 21:38 -0400
                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 14:11 -0400
                Re: Malloc Query James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-19 22:55 -0400
                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-20 12:14 -0400
              Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-19 03:22 +0100
                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-19 14:20 -0400
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                Re: Malloc Query Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 12:37 -0500
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                Re: Malloc Query Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 03:06 -0500
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                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-22 19:18 -0400
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                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 01:57 -0400
                Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:24 +1200
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                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-23 19:34 -0400
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                Re: Malloc Query James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-24 07:19 -0400
                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-24 11:32 -0400
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                Re: Malloc Query luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-23 00:39 -0700
                Re: Malloc Query Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-05-23 14:44 +0100
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                Re: Malloc Query Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-21 14:30 +1200
                Re: Malloc Query Uncle Steve <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2011-05-21 11:13 -0400
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