Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:44:14 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vm_await() Message-ID: <200003240744.XAA09084@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003240045150.12954-100000@lodge.guild.ab.ca>
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:In the case of malloc(), wmesg is set to type->ks_shortdesc, which is
:not part of the current functions stack, so it is safe for malloc
:to return. Unless I am wrong, "string", is an automatic variable, and
:when the current function returns it is no longer vaild.
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:With tsleep() this would never be a problem as tsleep() blocks.
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:Chad
No. "string" is a 'const char *' -- it is global read-only data.
It is most certainly not an automatic function variable.
-Matt
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