Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: freeing memory | From | Marcus Sundberg <> | Date | 22 Oct 2000 11:06:07 +0200 |
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mdaljeet@in.ibm.com writes:
> hi, > > i am allocating some 1000 bytes of memory as folows > > f_malloc() > { > ..... > for (i=1 to 10) > { > size = 1000; > pAddr[i] = (unsigned long) kmalloc(size, GFP_DMA | GFP_BUFFER);
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> pAddr is defined as 'unsigned long pAddr[10]' > > But when f_free executes i ran into problems and computer hangs. > What can be the problem?????
i == 10 will write past the end of your array. Get a good book about C and read it.
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