Date: 20 Dec 2000 15:42:19 +0100 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk> Cc: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, Jack Rusher <jar@integratus.com>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not another style thread? (was Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen .. Message-ID: <5ld7enduic.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: Aled Morris's message of "Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:25:36 %2B0000 (GMT)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012201120480.436-100000@kai.qix.co.uk>
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Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk> writes:
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Matt Dillon wrote:
>
> > void *
> > safe_malloc(int bytes)
> > {
> > void *ptr;
> >
> > if ((ptr = malloc(bytes)) == NULL)
> > *(int *)0 = 1; /* force seg fault */
>
>
> Shouldn't you use "kill(0, SIGSEGV)" ?
Why not err(3) or abort(3) ?
/assar
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