Re: c++ program reboots system.

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Mon, 13 May 2002 12:40:52 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 13 May 2002, rpm wrote:

> > }
> > Script started on Mon May 13 07:51:12 2002
> > # gdb xxx
> > GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
> > under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> > There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
> > GDB 4.15 (i586-unknown-linux), Copyright 1995 Free Software Foundation,
> > Inc... (gdb) run
> > Starting program: /root/xxx
> >
> > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> > ostream::flush (this=0x8c224) at iostream.cc:864
> > 864 if (_strbuf->sync())
> > (gdb) quit
> > The program is running. Quit anyway (and kill it)? (y or n) y
> > # exit
> > exit
> > Script done on Mon May 13 07:51:49 2002
> >
> > On Linux 2.4.18, the program just seg-faults (as it should).
> > On the version you are using, you should write a 'C' program
> > that does lseek() beyond EOF. There could be a bug there, but
> > otherwise I can't tell from the program presented.
>
> I executed the same C++ code on iPAQ , on the 2.4.7 kernel and it works fine !
> no seg faults no reboots,
> I also tried the C program you suggested , but that too works fine, no
> reboots no seg faults! :(
>

This is the file I used...
`cp /dev/zero input.out` ^C after a second.

-rw------- 1 root root 117010432 May 13 07:47 input.out

It seg-faults every time..

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

Windows-2000/Professional isn't.

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