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Article #6418Re: Segment violation from malloc (what does it mean?)
From: Gary L Dare
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 21:23
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 1991 21:23
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polar@top.cis.syr.edu (Polar Humenn) writes: |fredc@umrisca.isc.umr.edu writes: |> |>(dbxtool) Running: sym_edit |>signal SEGV (no mapping at the fault address) in malloc at 0xec52864 |>malloc+0xe4: movl a5@(0xd4),a0 | |>If so, is it a hardware or un-fixable software limit, or can I get |>the compiler to give me a larger heap to work with? | |Get a larger swap space. If your admistrator has extra space he may |arrange a "swapfile" for you. However, I'm not really sure if this |is possible on a diskless client. Also, a few strategically free() operations might be in order to clear off your heap. Otherwise, stuff you've declared for one-shot use will stick around after you've exited your routine. Gary L. Dare gld@cunixD.cc.columbia.EDU
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: gld@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Segment violation from malloc (what does it mean?) Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <1161@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 9 Jan 91 21:23:15 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 20 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Refs: Original: v9n353, Replies: v10n3 v10n10 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 11, message 17 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu