Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 15:18:16 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Graham Wheeler <gram@cdsec.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bug in malloc/free (was: Memory leak in getservbyXXX?) Message-ID: <199709232218.PAA18505@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org>
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Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@time.cdrom.com> writes: >> This would indicate a bug of the class where memory is written to >> after being free()'ed, a kind of bug which phkmalloc makes no >> attempt to catch. > Man, I sure wish there was a copy of purify available for FreeBSD. > It's great at catching stuff like this! :( So was "leak", which was a DBM style wrapper to malloc/free. It would keep track of what you'd free'd and malloc'd and warn you when you were screwing up. Leak was public domain, but I have no idea where to get it. I have a hacked copy if anyone wants want. ------ Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity
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