On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 10:08:14PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote:
> Can't see nothing wrong with this...
>
> void fl_set_object_label(FL_OBJECT * ob, const char *label) {
> ...
> if (!label)
> label = "";
> ...
> ob->label = fl_realloc(ob->label, strlen(label) + 1);
> strcpy(ob->label, label);
> }
realloc(b, size)
{
free(b);
b = malloc(size);
}
char * blah = "something";
realloc(blah, sizeof("somethingelse"));
you cannot free string literals
> However, in your backtrace can I draw your attention to "oldsize" in item 6
> #6 0x40414114 in chunk_realloc (ar_ptr=0x404b4680, oldp=0x8418c04,
> oldsize=4294967292, nb=16) at malloc.c:3390
consequence of the block not being found in the malloc allocation lists
(because it was never malloc()d)
john
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