size of pointers is equal to word size of the machine so on 64 bit machine size of pointer will be 8 byte while that of int is 4 byte
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Swathi <chukka.swa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try check if (p == NULL)... may be memory is not allocated... > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Balaji S <balaji.ceg...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The following C program segfaults of IA-64, but works fine on IA-32. >> >> * int main() >> { >> int* p; >> >> >> >> p = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int)); >> >> >> >> *p = 10; >> return 0; >> >> >> >> } >> * >> >> Why does it happen so? >> >> -- >> With Regards, >> Balaji.S >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Sunny Aggrawal B-Tech IV year,CSI Indian Institute Of Technology,Roorkee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.