From: leslie.polzer@gmx.net
To: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Handling ioctl() argp memory
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 17:48:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070304164844.GA7231@wintermute.farpoint> (raw)
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Hello folks,
I'm passing an array to a ioctl.
ioctl(2) says it needs to point at memory, so I'm allocating it.
Do I need to, or rather, am I allowed to free the memory afterwards?
It seems I'm getting segfaults when I free the memory...
Leslie
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-04 16:48 leslie.polzer [this message]
2007-03-04 16:52 ` Handling ioctl() argp memory Markus Rechberger
2007-03-04 17:04 ` leslie.polzer
2007-03-04 18:21 ` Markus Rechberger
2007-03-05 1:54 ` Glynn Clements
2007-03-05 5:23 ` leslie.polzer
2007-03-05 6:26 ` Glynn Clements
2007-03-05 10:49 ` Markus Rechberger
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