On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 06:54:30AM +0000, Matthias Scheler wrote:
> 	Hello,
> 
> I got this message after closing a XTerm window under NetBSD 2.0E today:
> 
> xterm in malloc(): warning: recursive call.
> Error: Cannot perform malloc
> 
> Because I cannot remember to have seen it before I wonder if that's a new
> diagnostic output from "libc". And what could cause it? A signal handler
> using a function which calls malloc()?

In a word 'yes' ... and one that has interrupted the malloc() code.

About the only thing you can safely do from a signal handler is
to set an entire global variable to a different value.
Any complex library functions are right out...

	David

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