On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> Did my suggested change not work for you? > No. It did not even fix the stack smash. I fixed that, but then it SEGV somewhere else. Matt > Satish > > On Thu, 24 Dec 2009, Matthew Knepley wrote: > > > I spent a bunch of time on this today. This shit is hopelessly broken. It > > sucks completely. > > I cannot get it to run, nor see why it is causing stack overruns and > SEGVs. > > If anyone does > > not think it is hopeless, speak up now. This is a complete fucking > > embarrassment. > > > > Matt > > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > This does not make any sense to me because it would be a heap > violation, > > > not a stack smash. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> > wrote: > > > > > >> [I don't know the correct fix for this - but ] The following change is > > >> getting rid of valgrind messages for me. Maybe you can use this, build > > >> sowing separately - and continue.. > > >> > > >> Satish > > >> > > >> ---------- > > >> > > >> diff -r dbe25084c0e4 src/bfort/bfort.c > > >> --- a/src/bfort/bfort.c Mon Dec 15 22:20:58 2008 -0600 > > >> +++ b/src/bfort/bfort.c Mon Dec 21 16:29:09 2009 -0600 > > >> @@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ > > >> > > >> /* Current token is name */ > > >> arg->has_star = (nstar > 0); > > >> - arg->name = (char *)MALLOC( strlen(p) + 1 ); > > >> + arg->name = (char *)MALLOC( strlen(p) + 10 ); > > >> strcpy( arg->name, p ); > > >> > > >> /* We can't output the name just yet, because if it is > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Matthew Knepley wrote: > > >> > > >> > The problem appears to be in OutputRoutine() in bfort.c, but that > code > > >> is > > >> > impossible > > >> > to debug. I can't see where something is getting overwritten, and it > > >> looks > > >> > like the check > > >> > only happens when the routine returns. bfort is such crap. > > >> > > > >> > Matt > > >> > > > >> > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Matthew Knepley <knepley at gmail.com > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Satish Balay <balay at mcs.anl.gov> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Lisandro Dalc?n wrote: > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Matthew Knepley < > > >> knepley at gmail.com> > > >> > >> wrote: > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > It says there is a stack smash and no other info. This is > > >> completely > > >> > >> fucking > > >> > >> > > my development right now. > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > Any chance bfort was built with -fstack-protector flag? This > > >> failure > > >> > >> > could could be signaling an actual old bug in bfort... I would > > >> > >> > re-build bfort with debug and re-run under valgrind... > > >> > >> > > >> > >> That must be it. > > >> > >> > > >> > >> I just ran my build [which is without -fstack-protector] - and > > >> > >> valgrind does flag a bunch of things with bfort. > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > 1) That flag is nowhere in my build. > > >> > > > > >> > > 2) Something changed > > >> > > > > >> > > Matt > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > >> I normally install sowing separately and have it in my PATH - so > that > > >> > >> it doesn't have to be rebuilt each time I build petsc. > > >> > >> > > >> > >> I guess we should sync up [our patches] with latest sowing and > make > > >> > >> sure its valgrind clean aswell. > > >> > >> > > >> > >> Satish > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > -- > > >> > > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their > > >> > > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to > which > > >> their > > >> > > experiments lead. > > >> > > -- Norbert Wiener > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their > > > experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which > their > > > experiments lead. > > > -- Norbert Wiener > > > > > > > > > > > > -- What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to which their experiments lead. -- Norbert Wiener -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mcs.anl.gov/pipermail/petsc-dev/attachments/20091225/43ac840d/attachment.html>
