03-05-2013
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Originally Posted by
shamrock
Because the second argument of fgets is an integer while malloc returns pointer to void so take it out...
The problem is much deeper than that.
The given program allocates enough space to hold a pointer to a character; not enough space to read a line of user input. And, I don't see how eracav can preallocate space for "
unlimited input from the user". In addition to that, eracav isn't checking the return value of malloc() to determine if space was allocated nor of fgets() to determine if an error or EOF has been encountered before a <newline> was found.
To do what needs to be done, eracav will need much more complicated logic with a loop calling fgets() and realloc() to increase the input buffer size until a <newline> or EOF has been copied into the growing buffer.
Is this a homework assignment?
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malloc_zone_realloc
MALLOC_ZONE_MALLOC(3) BSD Library Functions Manual MALLOC_ZONE_MALLOC(3)
NAME
malloc_create_zone, malloc_destroy_zone, malloc_default_zone, malloc_zone_from_ptr, malloc_zone_malloc, malloc_zone_calloc,
malloc_zone_valloc, malloc_zone_realloc, malloc_zone_memalign, malloc_zone_free -- zone-based memory allocation
SYNOPSIS
#include <malloc/malloc.h>
malloc_zone_t *
malloc_create_zone(vm_size_t start_size, unsigned flags);
void
malloc_destroy_zone(malloc_zone_t *zone);
malloc_zone_t *
malloc_default_zone(void);
malloc_zone_t *
malloc_zone_from_ptr(const void *ptr);
void *
malloc_zone_malloc(malloc_zone_t *zone, size_t size);
void *
malloc_zone_calloc(malloc_zone_t *zone, size_t num_items, size_t size);
void *
malloc_zone_valloc(malloc_zone_t *zone, size_t size);
void *
malloc_zone_realloc(malloc_zone_t *zone, void *ptr, size_t size);
void *
malloc_zone_memalign(malloc_zone_t *zone, size_t alignment, size_t size);
void
malloc_zone_free(malloc_zone_t *zone, void *ptr);
DESCRIPTION
The malloc_create_zone() function creates a malloc zone, advising an initial allocation of start_size bytes, and specifying flags that alter
the standard behavior of the zone. The returned malloc zone can be used to provide custom allocation and deallocation behavior, and to
retrieve additional information about the allocations in that zone.
The malloc_destroy_zone() function deallocates all memory associated with objects in zone as well as zone itself.
The malloc_default_zone() function returns the default system malloc zone, used by malloc(3), and free(3).
The malloc_zone_from_ptr() function returns a pointer to the malloc zone which contains ptr or NULL, if the pointer does not point to an
allocated object in any current malloc zone.
The malloc_zone_malloc(), malloc_zone_calloc(), malloc_zone_valloc(), malloc_zone_realloc(), malloc_zone_memalign(), and malloc_zone_free()
perform the same task on zone as their non-prefixed variants, malloc(3), calloc(3), valloc(3), realloc(3), posix_memalign(3), and free(3)
perform on the default system malloc zone.
RETURN VALUES
The malloc_create_zone(), malloc_default_zone(), and malloc_zone_from_ptr() functions return a pointer to a malloc_zone_t structure, or NULL
if there was an error.
The malloc_zone_malloc(), malloc_zone_calloc(), malloc_zone_valloc(), malloc_zone_realloc(), and malloc_zone_memalign() functions return a
pointer to allocated memory. If there is an error, they return a NULL pointer. They are not required to set errno.
SEE ALSO
malloc(3), posix_memalign(3)
BSD
Aug 13, 2008 BSD