Thread: Valgrind says I suck at memory management :)

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    Valgrind says I suck at memory management :)

    So I decided to write a function to take a file, and put each line into its own element of an array, for example...
    file.txt
    Code:
    X
    YHOO
    FCX
    Code:
    char **data;
    data[0] = X
    data[1] = YHOO
    data[2] = FCX
    Here is what I am doing, but I believe I am just doing some dirty things to memory, but I can't spot it.
    main.c
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    #include "strlib.h"
    
    int main (void)
    {
    	struct strlib_gl fileinfo;
    	int i, j;
    	
    	fileinfo.filename = "data.dat";
    	fileinfo.count = 0;
    
    	getlines(&fileinfo);
    
    	for (i = 0; i < fileinfo.count+1; i++)
    	{
    		for (j = 0; j < strlen(fileinfo.data[i]); j++)
    			printf("%c", fileinfo.data[i][j]);
    		printf("\n");
    		free(fileinfo.data[i]);
    	}
    
    	free(fileinfo.data);
    
    	return 0;
    }
    strlib.c
    Code:
    #include "strlib.h"
    
    void getlines(struct strlib_gl *info)
    {
    	FILE *fp;
    	int count = 0;
    	char *temp;
    
    	fp = fopen(info->filename, "r");
    
    	info->data = malloc((count+1) * sizeof(char *));
    	info->data[count] = malloc(4 * sizeof(char));
    
    	temp = fgets(info->data[count], 100, fp);
    	while (temp != NULL)
    	{
    		info->data[count] = temp;
    		count++;
    		info->data = realloc(info->data, (count+1) * sizeof(char *));
    		info->data[count] = malloc(4 * sizeof(char));
    
    		temp = fgets(info->data[count], 100, fp);
    	}
    
    	fclose(fp);
    	info->count = count;
    }
    struct strlib_gl
    Code:
    struct strlib_gl
    {
    	char *filename;
    	char **data;
    	int count;
    };
    You guys see anything alarming right off the bat? Thanks for any help!

    EDIT: I made one stupid error, fixed, but valgrind is still telling me some stuff
    Code:
    ==20207== Invalid write of size 1
    ==20207==    at 0x4026944: memcpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:402)
    ==20207==    by 0x4097AB2: _IO_getline_info (in /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.8.90.so)
    ==20207==    by 0x40979A0: _IO_getline (in /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.8.90.so)
    ==20207==    by 0x4096889: fgets (in /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.8.90.so)
    ==20207==    by 0x804872C: getlines (strlib.c:22)
    ==20207==    by 0x804857E: main (main.c:13)
    ==20207==  Address 0x4195264 is 0 bytes after a block of size 4 alloc'd
    ==20207==    at 0x4025D2E: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:207)
    ==20207==    by 0x8048702: getlines (strlib.c:20)
    ==20207==    by 0x804857E: main (main.c:13)
    
    ==20207== Invalid write of size 1
    ==20207==    at 0x40968C5: fgets (in /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc-2.8.90.so)
    ==20207==    by 0x804872C: getlines (strlib.c:22)
    ==20207==    by 0x804857E: main (main.c:13)
    ==20207==  Address 0x4195265 is 1 bytes after a block of size 4 alloc'd
    ==20207==    at 0x4025D2E: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:207)
    ==20207==    by 0x8048702: getlines (strlib.c:20)
    ==20207==    by 0x804857E: main (main.c:13)
    
    ==20207== Invalid read of size 1
    ==20207==    at 0x80485A5: main (main.c:18)
    ==20207==  Address 0x4195264 is 0 bytes after a block of size 4 alloc'd
    ==20207==    at 0x4025D2E: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:207)
    ==20207==    by 0x8048702: getlines (strlib.c:20)
    ==20207==    by 0x804857E: main (main.c:13)
    
    ==20358== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
    ==20358==    at 0x402643B: strlen (mc_replace_strmem.c:242)
    ==20358==    by 0x80485CF: main (main.c:17)
    Last edited by carrotcake1029; 02-01-2009 at 07:33 PM.

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    Code:
    	info->data[count] = malloc(4 * sizeof(char));  //So we have room for three characters....
    
    	temp = fgets(info->data[count], 100, fp);  //...And we then read 100 characters into it

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    Ok. Since then I changed it to 5, because at max, there will be 4 letters per line, plus the newline, plus a null. Also, it doesn't read 100 chars into it, it reads up until 100 chars, or a newline or EOF is encountered, which in my case is newline and EOF.
    EDIT: nvm fixed it. I forgot it needed null terminator. DUH

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    Also, data[count] doesn't exist (you free it at the bottom of getlines), and yet you try to access it inside your for loop.

    And you have no idea whether or not it reads 100 chars in it; however, you are promising the system that if it needs to, it can store 100 characters into your memory. Since you can't....

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    Wait, I don't think it can even reach data[count] in my for loop because it is i < count. Since it was unused to begin with, I just free it immediately.
    Last edited by carrotcake1029; 02-01-2009 at 08:03 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carrotcake1029 View Post
    Wait, I don't think it can even reach data[count] in my for loop because it is i < count. Since it was unused to begin with, I just free it immediately.
    Code:
    for (i = 0; i < fileinfo.count+1; i++)

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    Oh, so sorry, I edited that, forgot to mention. But ya, you are right, when haven't you been when it comes to my postings, lol. Thanks.

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