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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:00:02 +0000
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] malloc problems
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"Donny Cooper" <dcooper@hstc.necsyl.com> writes:

|> dynamic_area =3D (unsigned char *) malloc ( membytes );
|> printf(" dyn_area =3D %x %lx, mem=3D %x \n",dynamic_area,dynamic_area,me=
mbytes);

You are passing a pointer where an unsigned int and an unsigned long,
resp., is expected.  That results in undefined behaviour.

Andreas.

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