Question

I have the following code which you can try using c99 filename.c; ./a.out

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

typedef unsigned long long int se_t;  // stack element type

se_t stack_size = 0;
se_t *bottom_of_stack = NULL;
#define top_of_stack (bottom_of_stack + stack_size * sizeof(se_t))

#define stack_infix(op) stack_push(stack_pop() #op stack_pop())
#define do_times(x) for(int _i=0; _i<x; _i++)

void stack_push(se_t v) {
    bottom_of_stack = realloc(bottom_of_stack,
                              ++stack_size * sizeof(se_t));
    *top_of_stack = v;
}

void stack_print() {
    printf("stack(%d): \n", (int)stack_size);
    for(se_t *i = bottom_of_stack;
             i <= top_of_stack;
             i += sizeof(se_t)) {
        printf("%p: %d \n", (void*)i, (int)*i);
    }
}

int main() {
    int i = 2;
    do_times(3) {
        stack_push(i*=i);
        stack_print();
    }
}

I reallocate stack every time I push something to it. Here is the output (with my comments):

stack(1): 
0x105200820: 0  // realloc successfully allocated some memory for the first time 
0x105200860: 4 
stack(2): 
0x105200820: 0  // extended the memory range without moving it somewhere else
0x105200860: 4 
0x1052008a0: 16 
stack(3): 
0x105200830: 0  // reallocated the memory to some other region (see the address) 
0x105200870: 0  // and failed for some reason to copy the old data!
0x1052008b0: 0  // why?!
0x1052008f0: 256 

Answer 1

Use this:

#define top_of_stack (bottom_of_stack + (stack_size - 1))

As it is, you’re storing data past the end of the allocated space.

Oh, and change this line too:

i += sizeof(se_t)) {

Should be:

i++) {

Because of what pmg said about pointer arithmetic.