I am developing an utility.
At some part of it I read directory entries to a dynamic array: struct list
It stores pointers to items: list.entries,
which are structures: struct entry
If a number of files in a directory is greater then number of elements an array was initially allocated,
I reallocate memory for this array.
if (c > list_size)
And at this point something strange happens.
Pointers are correct.
While I can successfully allocate memory for new items
list.entries[c] = malloc(sizeof(struct entry));
list.entries[0]->pde->d_name is corrupted at some iteration, but always if list.entries was reallocated.
See the test code provided.
If I do not realloc list.entries everything goes fine.
I played with list_size values.
On Mac OS X (10.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.4.0) memory is corrupted while list.entries[124] is processed.
On Ubuntu Linux 2.6.24-23-xen #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 23:47:10 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux while list.entries[196] is processed.
If I don't use readdir and explicitly allocate
list.entries[c]->pde = malloc(sizeof(struct dirent));
memory is not corrupted.
What is wrong?
Where is the problem?
What is the best way to read dir entries to a dynamic array?
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