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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: FSEXT: grow_table and realloc failure
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> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 18:22:36 +0100
> From: "Richard Dawe" <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> 
> Below is a diff to fix the realloc bug in grow_table in the FSEXT code.
> If realloc fails, then the current code will trash the __FSEXT_entry
> table. This can lead to bogus behaviour when the program exits
> and the __FSEXT_close_all function is called. On one occassion
> it wedged my box.

I'm not sure I understand the problem, because the solution doesn't
seem to solve what I have in mind.  If realloc fails, doesn't that
mean the old buffer could be invalid as well?  And yet AFAIU your
change simply lets the program use the old array.  What am I missing?