Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 17:52:49 +0200 (MET DST) From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) To: dyson@FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: stack Message-ID: <199609281552.RAA05940@gvr.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <199609281550.KAA01258@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at "Sep 28, 96 10:50:32 am"
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John S. Dyson wrote:
> > 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.
I used exactly this program:
main() {
char buf[1000];
write(1, buf, 1000);
}
The resulting file did not conatin only zero's. I think this is weird.
This is on a 2.1.5R system
-Guido
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