Re: network support : memory management problem

[Marco Gerards <metgerards@student.han.nl>]

Vincent Guffens <guffens@inma.ucl.ac.be> writes:

> it looks like the problem is gone. I changed the way I allocate the
> memory to hold a block. I changed from:
>
> int load_block ()
> 	char * p = (char *) grub_malloc(len*sizeof(char));
>
> to
>
> int load_block ()
> 	char * p;
> [...]
> p = (char *) grub_malloc(len*sizeof(char));

This code is just the same.  I think the problem is still there but
just does not show up anymore.  I have seen a similar error before,
but I did not have the time to debug it.

> but still, I would be interested in documentation about the memory
> layout and the memory management of grub2, if available.

AFAIK there is none.  But you can ask specific questions of course.

--
Marco