Dynamic Memory allocation of array inside structure in C - c

Question

I'm doing dining-philosopher problem in C for assignment. And got stuck very begining of my code.
I decided each philosopher to be structure, and forks to be int array.
But I can't use global variable in this assignment.
So, I have to include shared variable in philosopher structure to pass them for arguments of thread routine.
Here is my problem - how to include int array in structure if I can't know proper size of them when initializing?
My plan is just include pointer variable in structure then allocate array's address using &.
But It doesn't work :
#include <stdlib.h>
/* inside structure*/
typedef struct s_share {
int **forks;
} t_share;
/* outside structure */
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share *share;
} t_philo;
int main(void)
{
t_philo *philo;
int *forks;
int i;
i = 0;
/* malloc structure arrary philo, size = 10 */
philo = (t_philo *)malloc(sizeof(t_philo) * 10);
/* malloc int arrary forks, size = 100 */
forks = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * 100);
while (i < 10)
{
philo[i].share->forks = &forks; //error
i++;
}
}
Output : segmentation fault
I tested share->forks size like this :
printf("size of forks : %ld\n", sizeof(philo->share->forks));
Output was 8.
It's enough size to store int * pointer.
Through this I know It's not the memory allocation problem.
Then what is problem? Can someone check this for me?
Edit :
When I try to malloc directly philo->share->forks, I got same error.
typedef struct s_share {
int *forks;
} t_share;
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share *share;
} t_philo;
int main(void)
{
t_philo *philo;
int *forks;
int i;
i = 0;
philo = (t_philo *)malloc(sizeof(t_philo) * 10);
while (i < 10)
{
philo[i].share->forks = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * 100); //error
i++;
}
}
I thought it's because when philo initialized, sizeof operator calculated forks's memroy to be 8 - which required for pointer.
Is there something wrong?
Edit 2 :
To clear my question,
It's easy to solve this problem, if I write size of array in structure definition.
typedef struct s_share {
int forks[100];
} t_share;
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share *share;
} t_philo;
but according to my assignmet I have to get philosopher's number from cmd. So I can't do that.
Above is simple version of my origin code
Sorry, Edit 2 is wrong :
typedef struct s_share {
int forks[100];
} t_share;
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share *share;
} t_philo;
int main(void)
{
t_philo *philo;
t_share *share;
int *forks;
int i;
i = 0;
philo = (t_philo *)malloc(sizeof(t_philo) * 10);
while (i < 10)
{
philo[i].share->forks[i] = 1;
i++;
}
}
Output
zsh: segmentation fault ./a.out
I still got segfault when I write array size in struct definition.
I used calloc to initialize all member in my struct but same error occurs :
typedef struct s_share {
int **forks;
} t_share;
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share *share;
} t_philo;
int main(void)
{
t_philo *philo;
t_share *share;
int *forks;
int i;
i = 0;
philo = (t_philo *)calloc(10, sizeof(t_philo));
forks = (int *)calloc(100, sizeof(int));
while (i < 10)
{
philo[i].share->forks = &forks; //error
i++;
}
}
Edit 4:
I finally found error. It's because I didn't malloc 'share' struct in philo struct
typedef struct s_share {
int **forks;
} t_share;
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share *share;
} t_philo;
int main(void)
{
t_philo *philo;
int *forks;
int i;
i = 0;
philo = (t_philo *)malloc(sizeof(t_philo) * 10);
forks = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int) * 100);
while (i < 10)
{
philo[i].share = (t_share *)malloc(sizeof(t_share)); //here
philo[i].share.forks = &forks;
i++;
}
}
That one line -allocating struct share- solved problem.
Or, I can modify philo struct definition like this :
typedef struct s_philo {
t_share share; //not pointer, just struct
} t_philo;
In this way, I can automatically malloc struct share.
I got confused in this point. Thanks for helping!

Answer 1

this line
philo[i].share->forks
Is dereferencing the pointer 'share' which is not set. You called malloc and did not set any values, so the data inside your allocated buffer is 'garbage' data.

Answer 2

// add begin
t_share* new_share = (t_share*)malloc(sizeof(t_share));
philo[i].share = new_share;
// add end
// don't use &forks
philo[i].share->forks = forks; //error
i++;
// need forks++
forks++;