malloc and libc.4.6.27+

Ricky Beam (cramer@catt.ncsu.edu)
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 01:38:24 -0400 (EDT)

Has anyone noticed any problems in malloc from libc4.6.27 and above. After
updating and installing from Slackware 2.3.0 -- which installes libc4.6.27,
I have run up against a brick wall in XmCreateFileSelectionDialog as the
stack grows to 24 entries and XtString/malloc is getting called every dozen
or so instructions. After several iterations, the stack suddenly loses
the lower 12 entries generating a SEGV as functions begin to return.

This problem goes away when libc4.5.26 is used.

--Ricky

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