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Does malloc() allocate a contiguous block of memory?

I have a piece of code written by a very old school programmer :-) . it goes something like this typedef …

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What does malloc(0) return?

What does malloc(0) return? Would the answer be same for realloc(malloc(0),0)? #include<stdio.h> #include<malloc.…

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Do I have to call memset after I allocated new memory using malloc

#include "stdlib.h" #include "stdio.h" #include "string.h" int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { int *test = malloc(15 * sizeof(int)); …

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zero size malloc

Very simple question, I made the following program : #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char ** argv) { void * …

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What are the differences between (and reasons to choose) tcmalloc/jemalloc and memory pools?

tcmalloc/jemalloc are improved memory allocators, and memory pool is also introduced for better memory allocation. So what are the …

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Read binary file, save in buffer, print out content of buffer

I have a big problem that need's to be solved before I can continue with my program. I have to …

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How to properly use scandir() in c?

I am trying to store list of files in a char** variable. scandir() finishes properly but I get a segmentation …

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Multidimensional arrays allocated through calloc

I have a question about how memory is allocated when I calloc. I had a look at this question, but …

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MIPS - How does MIPS allocate memory for arrays in the stack?

I'm quite new to the MIPS assembly language and am currently taking a class on computer architecture which has a …

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How big can a malloc be in C?

I have a malloc in C that is 26901^2*sizeof(double) This got me thinking what the largest value can be …

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