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freeing memory up vote 0 down vote favorite I'm using malloc to make an error check of whether memory can be allocated or not for the particular array z1. ARRAY_SIZE is a predefined with a numerical value. I use casting as I've read it's safe to do so. long double *z1 = (long double *)malloc(sizeof (long double) * ARRAY_SIZE); if(z1 == NULL){ printf("Out of memory\n"); exit(-1); malloc_check_ } The above is just a snippet of my code, but when I add the error checking part (contained in the if statement above), I get a lot of compile time errors with visual studio 2008. It is this error checking part that's generating all the errors. What am I doing wrong? On a related issue with malloc, I understand that the memory needs to be deallocated/freed after the variable/array z1 has been used. For the array z1, I use: free(z1); z1 = NULL; Is the second line z1 = NULL necessary? I get 102 errors...well MVS2008 stops the errors at 102. The errors are of type: error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type' error C2065: 'L' : undeclared identifier // this error repeats for all my identifiers and this points right after the closing } in the if statement. ARRAY_SIZE is quite large. I define it as #define ARRAY_SIZE 2500001 My full above code is too long. But I have a smaller code which is giving me the same behavior. Sorry for the formatting. I can't seem to get it right. #include stdio.h //note I have the actual < >
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community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up why free(pointer) is giving runtime error? up vote 1 down vote favorite I have below C http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2574642/malloc-error-checking-and-freeing-memory program. It asks for number of coordinates from user. Then uses a malloc to allocate memory, stores the coordinates (integers) in the allocated memory, and then later frees the memory. #include
the request is granted, the operating system will reserve the requested amount of memory. When the amount of memory is not needed https://www.codingunit.com/c-tutorial-the-functions-malloc-and-free anymore, you must return it to the operating system by calling the function http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/memory_debugging_parallel_inspector.html free. Take a look at the following example: #include
Practice Problems Quizzes Resources Source Code Source Code Snippets C and C++ Tips Finding a Job References Function Reference Syntax Reference Programming FAQ Getting Help Message Board Email About Us How to Avoid, Find (and Fix) Memory Errors in your C/C++ Code By Naveen GvNaveen Gv is a Technical Consulting Engineer in the Performance Library Lab at Intel Corporation. Memory errors occur very commonly in C and C++ applications, and they can affect application stability and correctness. These errors are due to programming bugs. They can be hard to reproduce, hard to debug, and potentially expensive to correct as well. Applications that have memory errors can experience major problems. For example, memory leaks can cause an application to run out of memory resulting in the termination of the application, gracefully or otherwise. This article helps understand challenging memory errors in serial/multithreaded applications and provides help on how to use tools to find the errors. Memory errors can be broadly classified into Heap Memory Errors and Stack Memory Errors. Some of the challenging memory errors are: Invalid Memory Access in heap and stack Memory leak Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation Missing Allocation Uninitialized Memory Access in heap and stack Cross Stack Access Invalid Memory Access This error occurs when a read or write instruction references unallocated or deallocated memory. char *pStr = (char*) malloc(25); free(pStr); strcpy(pStr, .parallel programming.); // Invalid write to deallocated memory in heap Memory leaks Memory leaks occur when memory is allocated but not released. If such leaks happen often enough and frequently enough, the leaks will eventually cause the application to run out of memory resulting in a premature termination (gracefully or as a crash). char *pStr = (char*) malloc(512); return; Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation This error occurs when a deallocation is attempted with a function that is not the logical counterpart of the allocation function used. char *s = (char*) malloc(5); delete s; To avoid mismatched allocation/deallocation, ensure that the right deallocator is called. In C++, new[] is used for memory allocation and delete[] for freeing up. In C, malloc(), calloc() and realloc() functions are used for allocating memory while the free() function is used for freeing up allocated memory. Similarly, there are APIs in Windows programming to allocate and free memory. Missing allocation This error o