Re: malloc.c:get_from_chain() endless loop

[Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>]

Doug MacEachern writes:
> 
> we have a process stuck in malloc.c:get_from_chain() which looks to be in 
> an endless loop.  the elt->next list points back to itself, and `remains'
> is always >= min_remain:

I looked though the logic again, and did not find any obvious problem.
Given that it runs for quite some time on millions (?) of systems, I
would suspect a prior memory corruption first.  Do you use any XS code?

Ilya

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