On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:31:44AM -0800, Amit Choudhary wrote: > > --- Pekka Enberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 1/8/07, Hua Zhong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And as I explained, it can result in longer code too. So, why > > > > keep this value around. Why not re-initialize it to NULL. > > > > > > Because initialization increases code size. > > > > And it also effectively blocks the slab debugging code from doing its > > job detecting double-frees. > > > > Man, so you do want someone to set 'x' to NULL after freeing it, so that the > slab debugging code > can catch double frees. If you set it to NULL then double free is harmless. > So, you want something > harmful in the system and then debug it with the slab debugging code. Man, > doesn't make sense to > me.
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