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Re: Malloc Bug

> Here is another core dump.  
> 
> GDB 4.12 (sparc-sun-solaris2.3), 
> Copyright 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc...
> Core was generated by `/usr/local/mail/bin/ta/smtp -sl /var/log/smtp
> attmail.com
> '.
> |Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> |procfs (find_procinfo):  Couldn't locate pid 0
> |#0  0x27138 in free (cp=0x2dcd0) at malloc.c:326
> |326             CHECKALLOCPTR(p0, "passed to free()");
> |(gdb) bt
> |#0  0x27138 in free (cp=0x0) at malloc.c:326
> |
> 
> Looks like a prob in the Toronto Malloc ?

	No, somebody passed a NULL-pointer to free(), which
	usually means re-free()ing a free()ed block...
	.. or something similarly careless thing.

	A backtrace would tell me more.

> /Marco

	/Matti Aarnio