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| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libjava/boehm.cc | 9 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog index 7ff9c1c..c767dfb 100644 --- a/libjava/ChangeLog +++ b/libjava/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2000-02-20 Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> + + * boehm.cc (_Jv_AllocBytes): Clear returned memory. + 2000-02-19 Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> * java/util/zip/ZipEntry.java (setCrc): Fix overflow. diff --git a/libjava/boehm.cc b/libjava/boehm.cc index 2c50c5c..ccfe9ee 100644 --- a/libjava/boehm.cc +++ b/libjava/boehm.cc @@ -321,7 +321,14 @@ _Jv_AllocArray (jsize size) void * _Jv_AllocBytes (jsize size) { - return GC_GENERIC_MALLOC (size, PTRFREE); + void *r = GC_GENERIC_MALLOC (size, PTRFREE); + // We have to explicitly zero memory here, as the GC doesn't + // guarantee that PTRFREE allocations are zeroed. Note that we + // don't have to do this for other allocation types because we set + // the `ok_init' flag in the type descriptor. + if (r != NULL) + memset (r, 0, size); + return r; } static void |