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Takis Skagos (skagos@mercury.cs.uregina.ca) wrote:
: ---source code---
: 
: #include <stdio.h>
: 
: main()
: {
:   int k = 0;
:   int *p;
    ^^^ <-- (depends on the compiler, but at _least_ two bytes (I suspect 4 in
             this case))

:   setbuf(stdout,NULL); setbuf(stdin,NULL);
:   p = (int *) malloc(12000000);  /* bytes */
:   printf("\n malloced 12000000 bytes.");
:   while(k <           10000000 )
                        ^^^^^^^^ <-- (10000000*4 bytes = 40000000 > 12000000)

:   {
:     p[k] = 1;
:     k++;
:     if(k % 10000 == 0)
:       putchar('.');
:   }
:   free(p);
:   printf("\n freed 12000000 bytes.\n");
: }

Counting your dots, it looks like it got to about k=3000000.  Multiply that by
4 (the size of an int), and you get 12000000, or exactly the size of your 
malloc.  Try making p into a char*.

-alex
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