Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 21:46:43 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph P. Kukulies) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: does phkmalloc check bounds? Message-ID: <199602061116.VAA02850@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602060943.KAA17404@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> from "Christoph P. Kukulies" at Feb 6, 96 10:43:08 am
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Christoph P. Kukulies stands accused of saying: > > Without having looked at phkmalloc - where is it hidden in the > source tree BTW - I wonder if it does bounds checking, that is > allocate a bit more on every malloc, initialize the extra bytes > with a magic pattern and see if it is invalidated next time > an alloc routine is entered. Read the code; it's pretty easy to follow. I've retrofitted it into libc on all our -stable systems here; it's great for catching _stupid_ programming mistakes! > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de Performance be damned, it's saved me more time in bugfixing than any performance gain could; hat off to phk. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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