[avr-libc-dev] [Bug #2143] malloc() routines chunk smaller than requested

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=================== BUG #2143: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=2143&group_id=2140

Submitted by: None                      Project: AVR C Runtime Library          
Submitted on: 2003-Jan-06 10:18
Category:  Library                      Severity:  5 - Major                    
Bug Group:  None                        Resolution:  None                       
Assigned to:  None                      Originator Email:  address@hidden      
Status:  Open                           

Summary:  malloc() routines chunk smaller than requested

Original Submission:  
I believe I've found in bug that exists in the malloc() implementation in the 
snapshots from 17dec2002 and 04nov2002.

Here's (basically) the code I'm running:

        char *ptrs[32];
        __malloc_heap_start = 0x8000;
        __malloc_heap_end = 0xFFFF;
        for (j = 0; j < 32; j++) {
                ptrs[j] = (char *)malloc(1024);
                /* output j and ptrs[j] to serial port */
        }

I would expect the last malloc() to return NULL, since there's not 1024 bytes 
left in the heap.  Instead, I get the following output:

0 = 00008002
1 = 00008404
2 = 00008806
-cut-
29 = 0000f43c
30 = 0000f83e
31 = 0000fc40

The last malloc() returns a chunk of memory that is only 959 bytes before the 
end of the heap!





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