[avr-libc-dev] Re: [bug #19445] _malloc_heap_end does not follow _heap_end on m2561

[Steve Franks]

Probably if the pictures had

     *__malloc_heap_end == __heap_end

instead of

     __malloc_heap_end == __heap_end

that would do the trick. At least in my mind.

Steve

On 3/29/07, Joerg Wunsch <address@hidden> wrote:
> Update of bug #19445 (project avr-libc):
>
>                 Category:                    None => Documentation
>               Item Group:                 Unknown => Documentation
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> Follow-up Comment #1:
>
> As Dave Hylands already wrote on avr-libc-dev, __malloc_heap_end
> is a variable that points to __heap_end, so you are only ever
> supposed to handle __heap_end.  The __malloc_* variables are
> what malloc() uses internally to keep track of the allocations
> and boundaries.
>
> This is basically also the way the documentation tells you,
> but in retrospect, I agree the picture is a little misleading
> here, and could express that clearer.
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