I know there are a lot of double pointer questions, but I couldn't find one that pertained to starting an array.
In the code below, I can set pointers in main by ptrs[0] = &array[0];
, but the code halts when enqueue()
calls *queue[i] = p;
. Why is that? I don't know if it matters, but ptrs[] is not initialized.
#define QUEUE_LEN 5
int *ptrs[5];
int array[5] = {1,2,3,4,5};
void enqueue(int *p, int **queue) {
int i = 0;
int *tmp;
// Find correct slot
while (*queue && *queue[i] >= *p) {
i++;
}
// Error no free slots
if (i == QUEUE_LEN) {
printf("No free slots.\r\n");
return;
}
// Insert process
if (!*queue) {
*queue[i] = p;
return;
}
else {
tmp = *queue[i];
*queue[i] = p;
}
// Increment the other processes
return;
}
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
int i;
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
enqueue(&array[i], ptrs);
}
for (i=0; i<QUEUE_LEN; i++)
printf("%d\n", *(ptrs[i]));
return 0;
}
After first loop, i
will remain zero. Here:
if (!*queue) {
*queue[i] = p;
return;
}
You check, that *queue
is 0 and dereference it as well. It is UB.
PS. Btw, this:
*queue[i] = p;
Will not compiles, since *queue[i]
has type int
, but p
has type int*
.