[Gc] Bus error && Deallocation of excessively large block
..
Arote Uddhav
aroteuddhav at gmail.com
Sat Jul 14 02:13:19 PDT 2012
Hi,
Ok great !
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Ivan Maidanski <ivmai at mail.ru> wrote:
> Hi Arote,
>
> 1. GC_THREADS forces gc.h to include pthread.h and redirect pthread_create
> to GC_pthread_create.
> If GC_THREADS is not defined then single-threaded mode is assumed.
>
> 2. If you want to make standard malloc behave like GC_MALLOC, please look
> to --enable-redirect-malloc GC option.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan
>
> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:34:04 +0530 Arote Uddhav <aroteuddhav at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi ,
>
> GC cannot collect those memory allocations which are allocated by explicit
> use of malloc ?
> With threads I am using few external libraries which are sort of leaky ..
> can we make GC to be a global garbage collector ,by this I mean , GC will
> recollect all the memory locations which are not pointed by any
> pointers,not necessarily using GC_MALLOC
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Arote Uddhav <aroteuddhav at gmail.com<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=aroteuddhav@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi ,
> well .. it worked !
> But why is this restriction
> #define GC_THREADS
> #include "gc.h"
>
> why should we follow this order ... special reason ?
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Ivan Maidanski <ivmai at mail.ru<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=ivmai@mail.ru>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi Arote,
>
> Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:08:03 +0530 Arote Uddhav <aroteuddhav at gmail.com<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=aroteuddhav@gmail.com>
> >:
> > Hi All ,
> >
> > Until now I have used only GC_MALLOC and GC_INIT functions in the
> program code.
> > platform : ubuntu Linux
>
> ok.
>
> >
> >
> > In the file where I declared this piece of code I used
> > #define GC_THREADS
>
> must be before #include <gc.h>
>
> >
> >
> > Well,.is it we need to initialize GC at evry function where it is
> used..I have used only at the start of the main function...?
>
> GC_INIT(); must be only at the beginning of main().
>
> >
> >
> > Thank you ,Uddhav!
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Ivan Maidanski <ivmai at mail.ru<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=ivmai@mail.ru>>
> wrote:
> > Hi Arote,
> >
> > "Collecting unknown thread" means you call some GC function from a
> thread not registered by GC.
> >
> > What's your target platform?
> > Check that pthread_create is redirected to GC_pthread_create.
>
> Have you checked this?
>
> Regards,
> Ivan
>
> >
> > The given code fragment seems to be valid (Are there any other places
> GC is called?)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ivan
> >
> > Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:46:02 +0530 Arote Uddhav <aroteuddhav at gmail.com<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=aroteuddhav@gmail.com>
> >:
> >
> > > No luck.. !
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Ivan Maidanski <ivmai at mail.ru<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=ivmai@mail.ru>>
> wrote:
> > >
> >
> >
> > > > Hi Arote,
> > > >
> > > > Please ensure that you have in the code:
> > > >
> > > > #define GC_THREADS
> > > > #include <gc.h>
> > > >
> > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > main() {
> > > > GC_INIT();
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Ivan
> > > >
> > > > Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:11:12 +0530 Arote Uddhav <aroteuddhav at gmail.com<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=aroteuddhav@gmail.com>
> >:
> > > > > Hi All ,
> > > > > I am trying gc with my program. I need to create threads at run
> time.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > <code>
> > > > > while(1)
> > > > > {
> > > > > pthread *t = (pthread_t *) GC_MALLOC( num_of_files * sizeof
> (pthread_t
> > > > ));
> > > > > int *iret = (int *) GC_MALLOC( num_of_files * sizeof (int ));
> > > > >
> > > > > .........
> > > > >
> > > > > while( ( dirp = readdir( d )) != NULL )
> > > > > {
> > > > > if ( ( stat( dirp->d_name , &stat_buf) != -1 ) && (S_ISREG(
> > > > > stat_buf.st_mode ) ))
> > > > > {
> > > > > iret [ fileCounter ] = pthread_create ( &t [ fileCounter ] ,
> NULL ,
> > > > > callPluginHandle , (void *)(dirp->d_name) ) ;
> > > > > fileCounter ++;
> > > > > }
> > > > > }
> > > > > ...........
> > > > > }
> > > > > </code>
> > > > >
> > > > > This is a code prototype which I am trying to write. But I
> get run
> > > > time
> > > > > problmes
> > > > > ----- Bus error
> > > > > ----- Deallocation exclusively large block
> > > > > ----- Collecting unknown thread
> > > > >
> > > > > I am not doing any free or deallocation .. I am relying on gc for
> all
> > > > > memory freeing !
> > > > > Help required ! :)
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > *Uddhav Arote*
> > > > >
> > > > > Mob Number : +91 9767168079
> > > > > *Vidyavardhini College Of Engg. and Tech,Mumbai(MAHARASHTRA).*
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > *Uddhav Arote*
> > >
> > > Mob Number : +91 9767168079
> > > *Vidyavardhini College Of Engg. and Tech,Mumbai(MAHARASHTRA).*
> > >
> > >
> >
> > > Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I
> have
> > > got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as
> > > possible before handing it on to future generations.
> > > -George Bernard Shaw
> > >
> > > * <Email-id:aroteuddhav at gmail.com<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=Email-id%3Aaroteuddhav@gmail.com>
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> > >
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> > --
> >
> > Uddhav Arote
> >
> > Mob Number : +91 9767168079
> > Vidyavardhini College Of Engg. and Tech,Mumbai(MAHARASHTRA).
> >
> >
> > Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I
> have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as
> possible before handing it on to future generations.
> > -George Bernard Shaw
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
>
> --
> *Uddhav Arote*
>
> Mob Number : +91 9767168079
> *Vidyavardhini College Of Engg. and Tech,Mumbai(MAHARASHTRA).*
>
>
> Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I
> have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as
> possible before handing it on to future generations.
> -George Bernard Shaw
>
> *<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=Email-id%3Aaroteuddhav@gmail.com>
> *
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>
> --
> *Uddhav Arote*
>
> Mob Number : +91 9767168079
> *Vidyavardhini College Of Engg. and Tech,Mumbai(MAHARASHTRA).*
>
>
> Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I
> have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as
> possible before handing it on to future generations.
> -George Bernard Shaw
>
> *<http://e.mail.ru/cgi-bin/sentmsg?compose&To=Email-id%3Aaroteuddhav@gmail.com>
> *
>
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>
--
*Uddhav Arote*
Mob Number : +91 9767168079
*Vidyavardhini College Of Engg. and Tech,Mumbai(MAHARASHTRA).*
Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have
got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as
possible before handing it on to future generations.
-George Bernard Shaw
* <Email-id%3Aaroteuddhav at gmail.com>*
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