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| From | Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: local arrays and stack |
| Date | 2015-03-26 00:47 +0100 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <20150326004746.0d8489bc@maxa-pc> (permalink) |
| References | (17 earlier) <merksa$ko5$1@dont-email.me> <meumeh$3pd$1@dont-email.me> <87twx8q37f.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <mev74f$gta$1@dont-email.me> <cfce1604-afba-4269-b9db-4907eb816201@googlegroups.com> |
On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> wrote: > On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 8:52:26 PM UTC, David Brown wrote: > > > > Also note that for an unknown size N, allocating an "array[N]" > > object on the heap is just as bad practice as allocating it on the > > stack. > > > You check the return from malloc(). If null, you can't do the > calculation. > However a lot of people write (it's even been described as the clc- > approved way) > > EMPLOYEE *ptr = malloc(N * sizeof *ptr); > > that of course will overflow for sufficiently large N, and may appear > to succeed. > > Some bad operating systems / C compilers allow user code to allocate > too much memory, causing problems elsewhere. Problem are GC's, not compilers. They mmap too much RAM initially... Other thing is forking. Without overcommit one couldn't run Java or anything that maps initially large amount of RAM. User processes shouldn't > be allowed to grab resources that prevent housekeeping programs from > functioning, whether that be mouse, keyboard, screen, disk, processor, > memory or anything else. Problem is that user processes nowadays allocate too much in front... >
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local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-22 01:51 -0700
local arrays and stack asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-22 02:23 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-22 13:22 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 01:55 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-22 15:07 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 01:50 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-23 04:26 -0500
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 06:53 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 07:29 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 08:34 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-23 19:57 -0500
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 04:01 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 04:37 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 13:04 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-24 17:29 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 20:01 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-23 08:24 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 08:42 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-23 16:07 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 09:15 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-23 09:16 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-23 16:34 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 10:12 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-23 17:44 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 11:47 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 12:06 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-23 20:25 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 14:10 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-23 22:22 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 23:57 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 10:28 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-24 10:44 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-24 06:38 -0500
Re: local arrays and stack Martin Shobe <martin.shobe@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-24 09:57 -0500
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 13:22 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-25 16:07 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-25 17:42 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-25 19:06 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 12:26 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 13:20 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-25 12:28 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-25 21:45 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-25 12:50 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-03-25 22:33 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-25 23:57 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-25 21:42 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 09:55 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-25 12:36 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 13:04 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-25 21:52 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-25 15:18 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-26 00:02 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-26 00:47 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Mel <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-24 14:58 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 06:58 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-23 14:34 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 10:16 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 09:55 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2015-03-24 10:23 +0100
Re: local arrays and stack Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-24 12:18 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-24 13:42 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-25 08:47 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 09:32 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 09:57 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-23 10:37 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Xcott Craver <xcottcraver@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 10:49 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-23 12:48 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-03-23 22:29 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-23 19:03 -0400
Re: local arrays and stack jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-03-23 23:36 +0000
Re: local arrays and stack fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2015-03-24 02:17 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-03-23 11:56 -0700
Re: local arrays and stack Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-03-23 20:00 -0500
Re: local arrays and stack David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-24 10:39 +0100
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