[Testcase] Memory returned by malloc not always zeroed.

[Buzz]

Hi,

On three different cygwin 1.5.24-2 systems, attached testprogram
(compile with ``gcc -o mall-test mall-test.c'')
returns many lines like:

n1 S13 p12 is 0x81, not 0
n1 S14 p0 is 0x8c, not 0
n1 S14 p1 is 0x7f, not 0
n1 S14 p2 is 0x14, not 0
n1 S14 p3 is 0x61, not 0
n1 S14 p4 is 0x8c, not 0
n1 S14 p5 is 0x7f, not 0
n1 S14 p6 is 0x14, not 0
n1 S14 p7 is 0x61, not 0
n1 S14 p12 is 0x81, not 0

This indicates malloc returning non-zeroed memory.

Has anybody got a clue as to what's going on?


L8r,

Buzz.
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