From:	Daniel Barker <sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	malloc() problem, DJDEV 203
Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2001 22:55:15 +0100
Organization:	Edinburgh University
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Unless I have been staring at the screen too long, there is a bug in DJGPP
malloc(). malloc() does not indicate failure when a very large allocation
is attempted.

I noticed this whilst checking a test I have written for my own malloc()
wrapper function. malloc() does not indicate failure for a very large
allocation.

Here's a small example, tested with DJDEV 203 and gcc2952.

c:/My\ Documents $ cat mallocbug.c
/* mallocbug.c */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
        char *p = malloc((size_t) -1);

        printf("NULL = %p\n", (void *) NULL);
        printf("p = %p\n", (void *) p);
        return 0;
}
c:/My\ Documents $ gcc -ansi -o mallocbug.exe mallocbug.c
c:/My\ Documents $ ./mallocbug.exe
NULL = 0
p = 8fae8

-- 
Daniel Barker.

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