c - 带循环的结构和内存分配

Question

我一直在尝试释放((最后的内存，但是我的老师说我已经创建了 3 个 malloc'd 指针(使用当前设置(。

注意：我想尽可能详细地解释内存中实际发生的事情。

我将不胜感激关于我可以做些什么来确保没有内存泄漏的指导。

我写了以下内容。

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #define LUNCH_ITEMS 5
    #define REMAINING 2
    #define CHAR_SIZE 256
    int main(void)
    {
        struct Food
        {
            char *name; //name attribute of food
            int weight, calories;
        } lunch[LUNCH_ITEMS] = {{"apple", 4, 100}, {"salad", 2, 80},};
        int loopCount;
        //INPUT
        char *namePtr = NULL;
        for (loopCount = REMAINING; loopCount < LUNCH_ITEMS; ++loopCount)
        {
            char tempBuffer[CHAR_SIZE];
            printf("Enter name of item,the weight of item, and the calories in that item: n");
            // store name string in a tempBuffer. weight and calories directly into lunch structure array address
            scanf("%255s %d %d", tempBuffer, &lunch[loopCount].weight, &lunch[loopCount].calories);
            // get the exact size of (memory of) the input string including add one for null char
            size_t exactMemory = strlen(tempBuffer) + 1;
            //dynamically allocate the exact amount of memory determined in the previous step
            namePtr = (char *)malloc(exactMemory * sizeof(char));
            // check if no memory is allocated for foodPtr
    if (namePtr == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Not enough memory available***n Terminating Program");
        exit(1);
    }
    //store the pointer to it in the name member of the structure in
    //the current lunch array element.
    (lunch + loopCount)->name = namePtr;
    // Copy the food name (stored in tempbuffer) into the dynamically-allocated
    // memory using the memcpy function
            memcpy(namePtr, tempBuffer, exactMemory);
    //(lunch + loopCount)->name = namePtr;
        }
    //DISPLAY
        printf("Item                        Weight       Calsn---------------------------------------------n");
        for (loopCount = 0; loopCount < LUNCH_ITEMS; loopCount++)
        {
            int weight = lunch[loopCount].weight;
            int cals = lunch[loopCount].calories;
            printf("%-12.20s%22d%11dn", (lunch + loopCount)->name, weight, cals);
            if (loopCount > REMAINING)
            {
                //(lunch+loopCount)->name = NULL;
                namePtr = NULL;
                free(namePtr);
                //free((lunch + loopCount)->name);
            }
        }
        //De-allocate all malloc'd memory
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }

我的输出 -

Item Weight Cals
-----------------
apple  4   100
salad  2    80
hello  22   33
maybe  44   45
right 100   200

Answer 1

看看初始化循环：

for (loopCount = REMAINING; loopCount < LUNCH_ITEMS; ++loopCount)
{
    // The code inside the loop will be executed for
    // loopCount being equal to 
    //     REMAINING
    //     REMAINING + 1
    //     ....
    //     LUNCH_ITEMS - 1
    //
    // So in your case, you execute this code for
    // loopCount equal to 2, 3 and 4
}

换句话说，循环中的代码执行 3 次，即调用 malloc 3 次。

同样，查看释放内存的循环。

for (loopCount = 0; loopCount < LUNCH_ITEMS; loopCount++)
{
    // you execute this code for
    // loopCount equal to 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4
    // ....
    if (loopCount > REMAINING)
    {
        // Since REMAINING is 2, you execute this code for
        // loopCount equal 3 and 4
    }
}

因此，if正文中的代码仅执行 2 次。你真的想做 3 次(即 loopCount 等于 2、3 和 4(。因此，您需要将代码更改为：

    if (loopCount >= REMAINING)  // Notice the = sign
    {
        // Since REMAINING is 2, you execute this code for
        // loopCount equal 2, 3 and 4
    }

现在关于malloc和free.当你释放内存时，即使用free，你必须准确地传递malloc返回给你的值

在初始化中，您像这样保存了指针：

namePtr = (char *)malloc(exactMemory * sizeof(char));
// ...
(lunch + loopCount)->name = namePtr;  // Save pointer

因此，(lunch + loopCount)->name将用于free.喜欢：

    if (loopCount >= REMAINING)  // Notice the = sign
    {
        free((lunch + loopCount)->name);
        // Optional part but always after calling free
        (lunch + loopCount)->name = NULL;
    }

顺便说一句：请注意

(lunch + loopCount)->name

与

lunch[loopCount].name

许多人认为更容易阅读。

Answer 2

我认为您的导师关于 3 个 malloc'ed 字符串的评论是一个非常有力的线索。我注意到您有一个包含 5 个项目的数组，其中预填充了 2 个项目。5 - 2 是 3。

另外，请注意，C 中的索引从 0 开始。您用来预初始化数组的 2 个项目将具有索引 0 和索引 1。索引 2 将是第一个输入的数据。使用> 2 比较该索引实际上会导致您跳过用户提供的第一条数据的索引。