Re: xterm in malloc(): warning: recursive call.

[Juan Vera <juan@coresecurity.com>]

Theo de Raadt wrote:

>Can't you read manual pages:
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>     ``recursive call.''
>                 An attempt was made to call recursively into these functions,
>                 i.e., from a signal handler.  This behavior is not supported.
>                 In particular, signal handlers should not use any of the
>                 malloc() functions nor utilize any other functions which may
>                 call malloc() (e.g., stdio(3) routines).
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>Obviously xterm is calling illegal functions in signal handlers.
>man signal to see a list of legal functions.
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>Then fix that code.
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>> From time to time I see this warning:
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>>xterm in malloc(): warning: recursive call.
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>>How can I find which xterm is the crying one
>>or does it refer to the one where it is
>>printed?
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>>(I tend to (xterm &)& a lot)
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oh! "can't you read messages?" hehe

tedu@'s answer did help, thanks.