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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
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Subject: Re: Free() crash my program!
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fn Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:57:08 -0700 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "JC"
<jessechao AT comcast DOT net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I used djgpp to develop a simple program, using dosmemget(),
>to dump some DOS memory. The code is like following:
>
>    p = (UINT8 *)malloc(len+1);
>    if (p == NULL)
>    {
>        ...
>    }
>    dosmemget(addr, len, p);
>    /* Code to printf the contents in *p */
> ...
> free(p);
>
>The code compiled & ran fine. But when the code execute
>the free(). The code crashed and got SIGSEG error:
>
>    Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
>    General Protection Fault at eip=00006ac4
>    ...
>
>According to the FAQ, this might happen if the code put
>data into the buffer that is longer than malloc. But my
>code just read the data from buffer and free() them. How
>come I had this crash? I also noticed: if the contents
>of the buffer are all zeros (unused area?), it worked fine.
>But if the buffer had data in it other than 0 (code? data?),
>most likely it will crash. Anyone can help me on this?

What are the values of addr and len when it crashes? 
How are you getting and/or composing addr? 
Values of addr are linear addresses (segment*16 + offset) < 1088KB,
and unless you are following lists from the DOS list of lists, values
outside 0x400-0x700 (BIOS data area) may not return much in the way of
meaningful data. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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