Top "Malloc" questions

Is malloc thread-safe?

Is the malloc() function re-entrant?

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How can I declare and initialize an array of pointers to a structure in C?

I have a small assignment in C. I am trying to create an array of pointers to a structure. My …

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Need more information about Aborted (core dumped)

This bellow code will generate Aborted (core dumped) at last line. code: #include <stdio.h> #include <malloc.…

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Dynamic array in C — Is my understanding of malloc and realloc correct?

I am learning how to create dynamic 1D arrays in C. The code below tries to do the following: Using …

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What is the name of the header file that contains the declaration of malloc?

What is the name of the header file that contains the declaration of the malloc() function in C and C++?

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Allocate memory and save string in c

I was wondering why the following code isnt't working int main(int argc, char **argv) { char *test = (char*) malloc(12*sizeof(…

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Why malloc+memset is slower than calloc?

It's known that calloc is different than malloc in that it initializes the memory allocated. With calloc, the memory is …

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Malloc segmentation fault

Here is the piece of code in which segmentation fault occurs (the perror is not being called): job = malloc(sizeof(…

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How can I allocate memory and return it (via a pointer-parameter) to the calling function?

I have some code in a couple of different functions that looks something like this: void someFunction (int *data) { data = (…

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alloc, malloc, and alloca — What's the difference?

I was under the impression that alloc in Objective-C (when we invoke [anyObject alloc] is actually implementing C function malloc …

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