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Re^4: [Win32] pthreads and memory allocation

by syphilis (Archbishop)
on Nov 22, 2011 at 08:38 UTC ( [id://939388]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: [Win32] pthreads and memory allocation
in thread [Win32] pthreads and memory allocation

add #undef malloc just prior to your use of malloc

Ooow .... I like *that* idea :-)
I've actually placed the '#undef malloc' at the very start of the C code in that script, and the script now runs fine.

Beyond that, nothing has yet been established. Now it's just a matter of seeing whether the same approach can help with PDL (which is where the actual problem that prompted this thread lies.)

Cheers,
Rob
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Re^5: [Win32] pthreads and memory allocation
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 22, 2011 at 09:21 UTC
    Ooow .... I like *that* idea :-) I've actually placed the '#undef malloc' at the very start of the C code in that script, and the script now runs fine.

    I've had some success with doing that to avoid PerlAPI interfering in stuff that is none of its business.

    But be careful. You can find yourself in the 'multiple C runtimes' trap passing pointers allocated by one to another to be freed with various possibilities of outcome.

    BTW. You should also be very wary of passing pointers to memory allocated on the stack of one thread as the thread argument to another. I realise it was only demo code, but it's worth a heads up.


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