Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:46:10 +0100 (CET) From: Harti Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de> To: Channa <channa.kad@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Jemalloc SEGV for 1MB chunk Message-ID: <20090128124535.M26828@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> In-Reply-To: <515c64960901280339m17fa9309v2e1bc3f55454ab@mail.gmail.com> References: <515c64960901280339m17fa9309v2e1bc3f55454ab@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Channa wrote:
C>Hi All,
C>I am using jemalloc.c source from FreeBSD-current source.
C>When i allocate 1MB of memory using malloc() and use it as the below
C>test shows
C>
C>#include <stdio.h>
C>#include <stdlib.h>
C>#include <string.h>
C>
C>int main()
C>{
C> int i;
C> char *buf;
C> size_t size = 1048576 ;
C>
C> buf = malloc(size);
C> for (i = 0; i < 1048576; i++)
C> buf[i] = 'a';
C> printf("The length of buff is : %d\n",strlen(buf));
C> free(buf);
C> return 0;
C>}
C>
C>When i try to call strlen(buf) SEGV is recived.
Would be better to terminate the string with a '\0' so that it is really a
string.
harti
C>
C>This behaviour is seen when only for 1MB chunk if i allocate
C>memory lesser than 1MB no issues noticed.
C>
C>Could anyone see similar problem?
C>Is the above test wrong?
C>Or some issue with huge memory allocation in jemalloc?
C>
C>Your response will be very helpful.
C>
C>Thanks & Regards,
C>Channa
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