24 lines
559 B
C
24 lines
559 B
C
/* $Id$ */
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/*
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* (c) copyright 1987 by the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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* See the copyright notice in the ACK home directory, in the file "Copyright".
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*/
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/* botch - write garbage over a chunk of memory, useful if you want
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to check if freed memory is used inappopriately.
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*/
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#include "alloc.h"
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void
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botch(ptr, n)
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register char *ptr;
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register unsigned int n;
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{
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while (n >= sizeof (long)) {
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/* high-speed botch loop */
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*(long *)ptr = 025252525252L;
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ptr += sizeof (long), n -= sizeof (long);
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}
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while (n--) *ptr++ = '\252';
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}
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