Grep bombs out with malloc erros

running grep -R mystring * bombs out with:
grep(524) malloc: * mmap(size=1195270144) failed (error code=12)
* error: can't allocate region
* set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
grep: memory exhausted
The system I'm having problems with is a 8 Core Mac Pro running 10.5.1, 9GB RAM, RAID Card with 2 arrays, 1x250GB disk set as a standalone disk (JBOD), 3x500GB disks set as a RAID 5 volume, the OS was an upgrade from 10.4.11, I susspected the 250GB disk maybe dying, so I did a fresh install on the RAID5 volume & copied some data across aswell, but the same thing still happends.
I've also ran the apple hardware test, the system passed both the standard & extended test.
Any ideas??

michael.forstner wrote:
My application binaries has been left unchanged.One shouldn't assume that just because it didn't crash before, it was working properly to begin with.
IMHO any alloc function should NOT cause any signal.and operating systems shouldn't crash, file systems would never lose files, and people should write bug-free code.
If the requested memory can't be allocated it sould return with a NULL ptr, even if there were a heap corruption somwhere before.
You try writing something that is a) fast b) efficient c) can have it's data structures stomped on by erroneous apps. If you want malloc with training wheels, use watchmalloc - that's why it's there.

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Hi,
I have some troubles allocating pointers with malloc. Maybe this
is a CVI C compiler bug, because with gcc and Visual C it works
fine. As you can see below, I have included a sample source code.
The task of this program is only to isolate the error. So don�t wonder
about the function.
In line 34 I declare a new data type 'test_t' which consists of some
int and pointer to int.
In line 45 I call memalloc() to allocate a memory for such a variable.
memalloc() is a wrapper function to malloc() which terminates the
program
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The real problem can be found in line 46 where the void pointer returned
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allocated
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Any ideas?
Best regards,
Franz Hollerer
========================================================
sample c code
========================================================
1 #include
2 #include
3 #include
4
5
6 /* =============================================== */
7
8 void *memalloc(size_t size);
9
10 /* =============================================== */
11
12 /*
13 * allocate and clear memory
14 */
15 void *memalloc(size)
16 size_t size;
17 {
18 void *p;
19
20 p=malloc(size);
21
22 if (!p)
23 {
24 fprintf(stderr, "malloc() faild\n");
25 exit(1);
26 }
27
28 memset(p, 0, size);
29 return(p);
30 } /* eof memalloc */
31
32 /* =============================================== */
33
34 typedef struct condgen_t{
35 int *next, *prev;
36 int status;
37 int *condnr;
38 } test_t;
39
40 int main()
41 {
42 void *vp;
43 test_t *p;
44
45 vp=memalloc(sizeof(test_t));
46 p=vp;
47 return(0); /* avoid gcc warning */
48 }
49
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Hi,
I have started a discussion in comp.lang.c which deals with this
problem. Keith Thomson has rewritten the demo program (see below).
output of debuggable executable:
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Franz Hollerer
1 #include
2 #include
3 #include
4
5 /*
6 * I've deleted the superfluous declaration for memalloc. -- kst
7 */
8
9 void *memalloc(size_t size)
10 /*
11 * Old-style declarations are still legal, but there's really
12 * no point in using them. -- kst
13 */
14 {
15 void *p;
16
17 p=malloc(size);
18
19 if (!p)
20 {
21 fprintf(stderr, "malloc() faild\n");
22 exit(1);
23 }
24
25 memset(p, 0, size);
26 /*
27 * As others have pointed out, this sets the struct to all zeros,
28 * so it doesn't necessarily set the next, prev, and condnr
members
29 * to NULL. I don't think that's causing the problem you're
seeing,
30 * though. -- kst
31 */
32
33 return(p);
34 }
35
36 /* =============================================== */
37
38 typedef struct condgen_t{
39 int *next, *prev;
40 int status;
41 int *condnr;
42 } test_t;
43
44 /*
45 * Added function show_info() to show some possibly relevant
46 * characteristics of your system.
47 */
48 void show_info(void)
49 {
50 void *null_pointer = NULL;
51
52 printf("null_pointer = %p\n", null_pointer);
53 printf("sizeof(void*) = %d\n", (int)sizeof(void*));
54 printf("sizeof(test_t*) = %d\n", (int)sizeof(test_t*));
55 printf("sizeof(int*) = %d\n", (int)sizeof(int*));
56 }
57
58 int main(void)
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61 */
62 {
63 test_t *p;
64 p = memalloc(sizeof(test_t));
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67 * returns a void*, but you can assign the result directly to
68 * a test_t*. -- kst
69 */
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72 printf("p->next = %p\n", (void*)p->next);
73 printf("p->prev = %p\n", (void*)p->prev);
74 printf("p->status = %d\n", p->status);
75 printf("p->condnr = %p\n", p->condnr);
76 /*
77 * Finally, show some information. -- kst
78 */
79 getchar();
80 return 0;
81 /*
82 * Note: The "return 0" isn't just to avoid a gcc warning, it's
83 * a necessary part of the program. Without it, you'd be
returning
84 * some arbitrary status to the environment. -- kst
85 */
86 }
87
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Nikolsdorfer Gasse 18
1050 Wien
Austria
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