[plug] crashing server

[Rob Dunne]

Hi James,
James Devenish writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > In message <16710.53470.327990.81688 at pride.nsw.cmis.CSIRO.AU>
 > on Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:07:10PM +1000, Rob Dunne wrote:
 > >           I have a problem with a crashing server.
 > 
 > Do you mean that the machine's kernel panics and has to be rebooted,
 > or do you mean that a single programme aborts?

the machine has to be rebooted.


 > > The problem may lie with mutex variables  in a threads program,
 > > althought the crash appears to be in a line that says
 > > free((void *)b);
 > 
 > This typically results from either a double-free bug or an uninitialised
 > variable bug, both of which are coding errors. How do you know it is
 > crashing at this location? Have you already analysed it with GDB? Is it
 > a custom programme that you compile yourself 

it is a program that a colleague in Brisbane wrote. He has crashed the
machine several times this afternoon running it. However I just ran
the short program he sent me without any problems (other than a seg
fault) -- in other words I dont think we have tracked down where the
problem is.

I will get the full program and run it with gdb, then perhaps I can give you
further information
                                              bye
                                              rob

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