When I use malloc() and/or realloc() inside a block guarded with __try{} ... __finally{}, then the program causes Stack Overflow exception when exiting the function containing that code. This happens only for Pocket PC applications, and PPC needs soft reset after that.
PellesC version: 5.00.8 (can't test for 6, because of this problem:
http://forum.pellesc.de/index.php?topic=3029.0).
WinCE version: WM2003SE.
Codeto reproduce the problem:
int *test; //test is a global variable
//I have used the autogenerated OnCommand handler, but the problematic code
//works the same regardless of the place it is used in.
static void Main_OnCommand(HWND hwnd, int id, HWND hwndCtl, UINT codeNotify)
{
switch (id)
{
case IDM_ABOUT:
__try {
test = malloc(1 * sizeof(int));
}
__finally {
}
break;
case (...) //all standard cases
}
} // <-- exception occurs here
The exception occurs at the exiting of the function (if the function returns a value, then it occurs at the return xxx line).
The exception only occurs if the final size of the variable being malloc-ed is above zero. For example if after malloc() free(temp) or realloc(temp, 0) is used, the exception will not occur.
