From: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT epl DOT ericsson DOT se>
Message-Id: <200104240748.JAA02631@lws256.lu.erisoft.se>
Subject: Re: Fixed core dumper in dpmiexcp.c
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:48:41 +0200 (MET DST)
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20010424150443.006968bc@wingate> from "Nimrod A. Abing" at Apr 24, 2001 03:04:43 PM
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Nimrod said:
> At 01:55 PM 04/23/2001 +0300, you wrote:
> >> Eli, is it possible for the __djgpp_memory_handle_list to
> >> become corrupt prior to an exception?
> >
> >A bug can do that.  Otheriwse, __djgpp_memory_handle_list should be
> >right at all times, since nohing will work if it isn't.  An exception
> >might invalidate some of the registers, but it does nothing to the
> >variables which live inside an application, nor to its page tables.
> 
> What kind of bug? Would programs that leak memory also cause this to happen
> somehow?

This kind of bug: "__djgpp_memory_handle_list = NULL;"


Right,

						MartinS