Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 03:19:08 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overcommit and calloc() Message-ID: <19990720031908.63115@hydrogen.fircrest.net> In-Reply-To: <xzppv1nbpir.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 12:10:20PM %2B0200 References: <002201bed217$e94beae0$291c453f@kbyanc.alcnet.com> <xzppv1nbpir.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav scribbled this message on Jul 20: > When I allocate memory, I usually intend to put something in it. > There's always the odd struct sockaddr_in which I bzero() before > filling it in, but they're usually on the stack. and even then, I don't believe in filling sockaddr_in w/ bzero, I believe in using getsockaddr on it so that you actually get all the fields filled out properly... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 541 684 8449 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 "The soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it. The event is only the actualizing of its thought." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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