2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ca81b54da..3d55961f57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Fri Jul 20 22:55:01 2001  Akinori MUSHA  <knu@iDaemons.org>
+
+	* gc.c (ruby_xrealloc): fix a dangling bug which led memory
+	  reallocation to fail even though the second try after a GC
+	  succeeds.
+
 Tue Jul 17 11:44:40 2001  Usaku Nakamura  <usa@osb.att.ne.jp>
 
 	* ruby.h: enable volatile directive with VC++.
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 6c9a054db1..c3e62fdf35 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -134,11 +134,12 @@ ruby_xrealloc(ptr, size)
     if (!mem) {
 	rb_gc();
 	RUBY_CRITICAL(mem = realloc(ptr, size));
-	if (!mem)
+	if (!mem) {
 	    if (size >= 50 * 1024 * 1024) {
 		rb_raise(rb_eNoMemError, "tried to re-allocate too big memory");
 	    }
 	    mem_error("failed to allocate memory(realloc)");
+        }
     }
 
     return mem;