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Date:      Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:11:39 +0100 (CET)
From:      Volker Stolz <stolz@i2.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        lev@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/60018: [patch] Unreak lang/hope on -CURRENT (memset)
Message-ID:  <200312071711.hB7HBdOF027772@menelaos.informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <200312071720.hB7HKEwg043004@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         60018
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       [patch] Unreak lang/hope on -CURRENT (memset)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          update
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 07 09:20:14 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Volker Stolz
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.9-RC i386
>Organization:
Lehrstuhl für Informatik II
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD menelaos.informatik.rwth-aachen.de 4.9-RC FreeBSD 4.9-RC #10: Tue Oct 7 12:32:25 CEST 2003 root@menelaos.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MENELAOS i386


>Description:
Use memset() after malloc(). Upstream notified.
>How-To-Repeat:
http://bento.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-5-latest/hope-0.0.log
>Fix:
Add new patch-file (and don't forget to remove BROKEN-tag):

--- patch-src-memory.c begins here ---
--- src/memory.c.orig	Sun Dec  7 18:01:46 2003
+++ src/memory.c	Sun Dec  7 18:01:50 2003
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 {
 	if ((base_memory = (char *)malloc((size_t)MEMSIZE)) == NULL)
 		error(FATALERR, "can't allocate memory");
+	memset(base_memory, NULL, (size_t)MEMSIZE);
 	top_memory = base_memory + RoundDown(MEMSIZE);
 
 	lim_temp = top_string = base_memory;
--- patch-src-memory.c ends here ---
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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