On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 01:51:35AM -0400, Ryan Johnson wrote:
>So, I defined this small function:
>
>static void break_cmalloc(int depth, int maxdepth) {
> void* x = cmalloc (HEAP_2_DLL, 32);
> cfree(x);
> if (depth < maxdepth)
> break_cmalloc(depth+1, maxdepth);
>}
>
>and called it during fork instead of dlls.topsort(), with maxdepth=5. No
>bug (as expected).
>
>Then I moved the call to cfree below the recursion, so memory gets freed
>in reverse order. Bang. Bash goes down and takes mintty with it after
>briefly flashing 'bad address.' Calling bash from cmd.exe hangs the
>latter so badly Windows can't kill it (I guess I'll have to reboot).
Thanks for the test case. I'll investigate later today.
cgf
