From: wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski)
Subject: Re: Is the Ada run-time required to detect out-of-memory conditions?
Date: 21 May 2004 04:13:43 -0700
Date: 2004-05-21T04:13:43-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5ad0dd8a.0405210313.70f9339d@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 878yfmiuak.fsf@insalien.org
Hello,
> I have received a bug report [1] against GNAT 3.15p and reproduced the
> same behaviour with GCC 3.4. I would like the advice of language
> lawyers on the issue.
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=250076
>
> The program allocates memory in an infinite loop using "new" and the
> default storage pool, and of course exhausts all available storage.
> The issue is whether or not Storage_Error should be raised. With
> GNAT, no exception is raised; instead the program receives SIGKILL
> (not even SIGSEGV) from Linux.
I noticed, that if the program allocates memory in 6Kb chunks or
larger, Storate_Error is raised. If the chunk size is 5Kb or less, the
program only prints "Killed". In between I have not tested.
Also, shouldn't cases like this one, as a rule, eventually become part
of ACATS?
Regards,
Wojtek
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-20 22:54 Is the Ada run-time required to detect out-of-memory conditions? Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-21 0:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-21 0:47 ` Stephen Leake
2004-05-21 0:54 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-05-21 1:00 ` Stephen Leake
2004-05-21 3:29 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-21 8:04 ` Vinzent 'Gadget' Hoefler
2004-05-21 9:34 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-21 11:13 ` Wojtek Narczynski [this message]
2004-05-21 12:55 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-21 16:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-21 17:13 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-21 23:41 ` Wojtek Narczynski
2004-05-23 8:20 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-21 19:58 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-05-21 16:56 ` Mark H Johnson
2004-05-21 17:19 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-21 21:39 ` user
2004-05-21 22:04 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-21 22:11 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-22 11:40 ` Simon Wright
2004-05-25 20:43 ` Is the Ada run-time required to detect out-of-memory Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-25 20:58 ` Duncan Sands
2004-05-25 21:19 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-05-25 21:31 ` Duncan Sands
2004-05-26 7:09 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-26 7:38 ` Duncan Sands
2004-05-26 8:16 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-26 8:34 ` Duncan Sands
2004-05-26 16:20 ` Martin Krischik
2004-05-22 13:40 ` Is the Ada run-time required to detect out-of-memory conditions? Duncan Sands
2004-05-22 14:09 ` Martin Krischik
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