bin/87729: most calls to malloc(3) generate warnings in valgrind

[Bradley T Hughes]

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>>Category:       bin
>>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>>Synopsis:       most calls to malloc(3) generate warnings in valgrind
>>Arrival-Date:   Thu Oct 20 15:20:18 GMT 2005

Here is the patch that I couldn't attach when using the web form.

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Bradley T. Hughes - bhughes at trolltech.com
Trolltech AS - Waldemar Thranes gt. 98 N-0175 Oslo, Norway
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--- malloc.c	Wed Oct 19 13:30:01 2005
+++ malloc.c~	Wed Oct 19 13:29:01 2005
@@ -635,8 +635,11 @@
     for(;k-i >= MALLOC_BITS; i += MALLOC_BITS)
 	bp->bits[i / MALLOC_BITS] = ~0;
 
-    for(; i < k; i++)
-        bp->bits[i/MALLOC_BITS] |= 1<<(i%MALLOC_BITS);
+    if (i < k) {
+        bp->bits[i/MALLOC_BITS] = 0;
+        for(; i < k; i++)
+            bp->bits[i/MALLOC_BITS] |= 1<<(i%MALLOC_BITS);
+    }
 
     if (bp == bp->page) {
 	/* Mark the ones we stole for ourselves */