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Date:      Mon, 07 Sep 1998 22:42:41 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        HighWind Software Information <info@highwind.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: free() called recursively 
Message-ID:  <26273.905200961@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Sep 1998 16:29:18 EDT." <199809072029.QAA03642@highwind.com> 

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In message <199809072029.QAA03642@highwind.com>, HighWind Software Information 
writes:
>
>How bad is it to get this:
>	"t_activefile in free(): warning: recursive call."

bad.  It means that you're trying to malloc in a signal handler
(99.9% of the cases), which isn't really allowed...

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
"ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal

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