Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 10:50:32 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: stack Message-ID: <199609281550.KAA01258@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199609281520.RAA05793@gvr.win.tue.nl> from "Guido van Rooij" at Sep 28, 96 05:20:52 pm
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> When I allocate something on the stack, isn't it supposed to be completely
> zero?
> like:
> main(int argc, char **argv) {
> char buf[1000];
>
> ...
> }
>
> Then buf should be zero, or am I missing something here?
>
The first time that you use a page the kernel will demand zero it. But
if you have used the stack space before, it will be whatever you left in
it.
John
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