On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 04:50:00PM +0100, Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > >> > > Where does this assertion come from ? > >> > > >> > http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/sgs/rtld/common/malloc.c#93 > > > >can you compile and run this test against a malloc that has the above > >assertion activated > > > Sounds like a bug in the assertion. At free() time, you cannot test > the current value written by the application.
Right -- it can be anything at all. > Instead, the assertion should be against NEWMEM and making sure that the > free'd memory wasn't touched. Agreed.
