Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:25:41 +0100 From: Bartosz Fabianowski <freebsd@chillt.de> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: malloc() debugging flags broken on RELENG_5 Message-ID: <423F11A5.40502@chillt.de> In-Reply-To: <20050321181209.GG5243@dan.emsphone.com> References: <423F0418.3050702@chillt.de> <20050321181209.GG5243@dan.emsphone.com>
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> You're not running as root, are you? The A flag is always set for
> root or setuid processes as a security measure.
No, I am running as a normal user.
> There hasn't been any changes to the malloc code in 5.x since 5.3.
I realize there shouldn't have been any changes and I also cannot find everything in the CVS logs. But when I run Kopete, I get the following:
kopete in free(): error: modified (chunk-) pointer
^^^^^
According to the man page, this word should read "warning" instead of "error" and the application should not be aborted.
> File a bugreport; a program must pass the same pointer to free() that
> it received from malloc().
Obviously, there is a bug in Kopete. But it runs for other people with earlier versions of RELENG_5. I am currently downgrading to 1st March to see whether that fixes the issue for me.
- Bartosz
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