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Re: please fix heap_init


On Jul 18 05:20, jojelino wrote:
> this is following of 'infinite recursion in git-svn'
> #to reproduce this problem,
> #1. please use latest cvs trunk
> #2. set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygwin\heap_chunk_in_mb=0x400
> Starting program: /usr/bin/perl.exe /usr/lib/git-core/git-svn clone
> -rHEAD http://google-perftools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
> [New Thread 5352.0x9c4]
> warning: section .gnu_debuglink not found in
> /cygdrive/d/cygwin/bin/cygwin1.dbg
> 
> Breakpoint 1, heap_init () at /tmp/winsup/winsup/cygwin/heap.cc:81
> 81                    start_address = roundup2 (start_address +
> mbi.RegionSize,
> 2: largest_found_size = 0x35680000
> 1: start_address = 0x55690000
> (gdb) i b
> Num     Type           Disp Enb Address    What
> 1       breakpoint     keep y   0x61078875 in heap_init()
>                                            at
> /tmp/winsup/winsup/cygwin/heap.cc:81
>         breakpoint already hit 1 time
> (gdb)
> 
> start_address continues to grow, and in heap.cc:94 it is used as
> base address.
> which is not we wanted. and sbrk could fail if it used up MINHEAP_SIZE.

This is what we want.  Did you compare the behaviour of the code with
the comments in the code?  Can you please *explain* what is wrong with
the code?


Corinna

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