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Old 04-05-2005, 12:44 AM   #1
node047
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querying the modules


can anyone please tell me watss the error in the following code

size_t *ret, bufsize;
void *buf = (void *)malloc(3000);
query_module(NULL,QM_INFO,buf,bufsize,ret);

its giving me error: EFAULT
 
Old 04-05-2005, 01:35 AM   #2
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It would help a lot to know which language you're programming.
I'll assume C.
First and second lines of the code, you list pointers *ret and *buf.
Third line, you list the memory locations directly, instead of the pointers.
 
  


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