malloc: bug or feature ?

[Marc Olzheim]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 08:37:43AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> In -current, this is normal.  The default MALLOC_OPTIONS setting is 
> 'AJ', which intentionally fills new malloc'ed data area with junk, and 
> has all the assertions turned on.
> 
> The SEGV looks suspicious though.  I wonder if malloc is trying to put 
> the junk in without checking if malloc failed.
> 
> Anyway, try "env MALLOC_OPTIONS=aj ./a.out"  See 'man malloc.conf' etc 
> for more info.

Exactly the same:
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.5...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.5
Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1
#0  0x0000000006461000 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0000000006461000 in ?? ()
#1  0x0000000200681c1d in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5
#2  0x00000002006820a1 in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5
#3  0x0000000200682285 in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5
#4  0x000000020068262d in ldexp () from /lib/libc.so.5
#5  0x00000002006826e4 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.5
#6  0x00000000004006a1 in main (ac=1, av=0x7fffffffe470) at taille.c:12
(gdb)

Marc
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