Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!fletcher
From: fletcher@cs.utexas.edu (Fletcher Mattox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: malloc and -lpps
Message-ID: <7237@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 89 23:12:57 GMT
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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This may be a naive question; I'm an admitted rookie with
the parallel programming library.

Can one not use malloc() and -lpps in the same program?
This happens under 3.0.4, though 3.0.12 is similar.

	Script started on Tue Nov 21 14:36:17 1989
	cs.utexas.edu% cat zz.c
	main(argc, argv)
	char *argv[];
	{
		char *p, *malloc();

		if ((p = malloc(atoi(argv[1]))) == 0)
			perror("malloc");
		return 0;
	}
	cs.utexas.edu% cc zz.c -lpps
	cs.utexas.edu% a.out 34800
	cs.utexas.edu% a.out 34900
	malloc: Not enough memory
	cs.utexas.edu% pstat -s
	150420 used, 145832 free, 51432 wasted
	avail (num*size): 67*2048 4*1024 3*512 3*256 7*128 6*64 4*32 
	cs.utexas.edu% ^D
	script done on Tue Nov 21 14:37:12 1989