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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FI link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chandranath<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But I already allocated memory for the pointer *ic_enc_mjpeg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>AVFormatContext *ic_enc_mjpeg;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>ic_enc_mjpeg = (AVFormatContext *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVFormatContext));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Then I tried to allocate the memory for </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>ic_enc_mjpeg->streams[0], then it crashed.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> libav-user-bounces@ffmpeg.org [mailto:libav-user-bounces@ffmpeg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chandranath Bhattacharyya<br><b>Sent:</b> 30. lokakuuta 2012 13:12<br><b>To:</b> This list is about using libavcodec, libavformat, libavutil, libavdevice and libavfilter.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libav-user] (AVStream *)av_malloc(sizeof(AVStream)) crashed the application<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>> AVFormatContext *ic_enc_mjpeg;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>> ic_enc_mjpeg = (AVFormatContext *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVFormatContext));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>> ic_enc_mjpeg->streams[0] = (AVStream *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVStream));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>> But <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>> ic_enc_mjpeg->streams[0] = (AVStream *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVStream));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>> crashed the application.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>AVFormatContext *ic_enc_mjpeg; //</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Wingdings'>è</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> Here ic_enc_mjpeg is uninitialized.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>ic_enc_mjpeg->streams[0] = (AVStream *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVStream));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>=> ic_enc_mjpeg->stream[0] accesses uninitialized pointer ic_enc_mjpeg causing crash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Situation is same as the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>struct A {<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> int a;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>};<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A *pa;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>pA->a = 1; // crash<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chandranath<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:libav-user-bounces@ffmpeg.org">libav-user-bounces@ffmpeg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:libav-user-bounces@ffmpeg.org">mailto:libav-user-bounces@ffmpeg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wenpeng Zhou<br><b>Sent:</b> 30 October 2012 16:35<br><b>To:</b> 'This list is about using libavcodec, libavformat, libavutil, libavdevice and libavfilter.'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Libav-user] (AVStream *)av_malloc(sizeof(AVStream)) crashed the application<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I use <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>AVFormatContext *ic_enc_mjpeg;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>ic_enc_mjpeg = (AVFormatContext *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVFormatContext));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>ic_enc_mjpeg->streams[0] = (AVStream *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVStream));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>But <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>ic_enc_mjpeg->streams[0] = (AVStream *)av_malloc(<span style='color:blue'>sizeof</span>(AVStream));<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>crashed the application.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>I use VC++ 2010. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>What is the reason?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>