[Samba] Problem with MS Visual SourceSafe and samba V3.0.14anb1

[Jeremy Allison]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:55:29PM -0400, Scott R. Burns wrote:
> I have upgraded my samba on a NetBSD/i386 V2.0.2. I was previously at
> V3.0.10nb2 and I am now at: V3.0.14anb1. My developers are starting to
> report problems when checking source code in and out of VisualSource Safe.
> Most users are W2K SP4 or WXP SP1a or SP2. Problem has been reported by both
> XP and W2K users.
> 
> The problems reported in the samba log file are thousands of:
> 
> [2005/10/11 16:07:05, 0] lib/util.c:Realloc(971)
>   Memory allocation error: failed to expand to 4896 bytes
> [2005/10/11 16:07:05, 0] lib/util.c:Realloc(971)
>   Memory allocation error: failed to expand to 4896 bytes
> [2005/10/11 16:07:05, 0] lib/util.c:Realloc(971)
>   Memory allocation error: failed to expand to 4896 bytes
> 
> 
> The 4896 value is quite common, but it does vary to other values in the 4K
> range.
> 
> I have observed a couple of other reports about Realloc() failing on the net
> but nothing specific. Does anyone know if a specific release fixes this
> before I attempt to revert backwards ?

Realloc failures are bad.... Looks like a process is running out
of memory. Does *BSD have malloc_check_ ?

Jeremy.