On 22 May 2002, Sean O'Rourke (via RT) wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Sean O'Rourke > # Please include the string: [netlabs #610] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://bugs6.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?id=610 > > > > I believe there is a bug in how the perlhash pmc adjusts its buckets > after reallocation. When the allocator hands it a new piece of > memory that is aligned differently with respect to sizeof(HASHBUCKET) > boundaries (32 bytes on linux-ppc), it will adjust pointers by a > multiple of sizeof(HASHBUCKET), causing wierd segfaults. I believe > the included patch fixes it. I didn't look for similar issues > elsewhere, but the tests all seem to run now. >
Applied, thanks.
