First of all, apologies for any cross-mailing. I hope I do not repeat the problem here, but I could not find it elsewhere (via Google and the stack overflow).
This is the essence of the error. If I call printf, sprintfor fprintfanywhere in my code to display a float, I get an error SIGSEGV (EXC_BAD_ACCESS). Let me give you an example.
The following error is issued:
float f = 0.5f;
printf("%f\n",f);
There is no in this code:
float f = 0.5f;
printf("%d\n",f);
I understand there implicit conversion, but it does not concern me. I just can't understand why printing a float and printing an integer will result in an error.
Note. Part of the code is used mallocto create very large multidimensional arrays. However, these arrays do not reference these print statements. Here is an example of how I declare these arrays.
#define X_LEN 20
#define XDOT_LEN 20
#define THETA_LEN 20
#define THETADOT_LEN 20
#define NUM_STATES (X_LEN+1) * (XDOT_LEN+1) * (THETA_LEN+1) * (THETADOT_LEN+1)
#define NUM_ACTS 100
float *states = (float *)malloc(NUM_STATES * sizeof(float));
float **q = (float**)malloc(NUM_STATES * sizeof(float*));
for(int i=0; i < NUM_STATES; i++) {
float *a = (float*)malloc(NUM_ACTS * sizeof(float));
for(int j=0; j < NUM_ACTS; j++) {
a[j] = 0.0f;
}
q[i] = a;
}
And then the above statements printfappear later in the code.
The reason I included the material mallocis because what I understand is SIGSEGVrelated to poorly formed calls malloc. So, if array initialization is causing a problem, I would like to know:
- why?
- How can I change the code
mallocto solve this problem?
I have included a crash log generated by OS X, just in case, which helps someone exit.
Process: pole [5453]
Path: {REDACTED}
Identifier: pole
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: bash [5441]
Date/Time: 2009-12-08 11:38:38.358 -0600
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 130074 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 68
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 63
Anonymous UUID: CA20CF15-8C46-4C85-A793-6C69F9F40140
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000100074f3b
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff828d489e __Balloc_D2A + 164
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff828d49b8 __d2b_D2A + 45
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff828e8c74 __dtoa + 320
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff828aa960 __vfprintf + 4980
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff828ec7db vfprintf_l + 111
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff828ec75e fprintf + 196
6 pole 0x00000001000028b5 Balance::sarsa() + 187
7 pole 0x0000000100002e54 main + 49
8 pole 0x00000001000010a8 start + 52
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000001 rbx: 0x000000010042cca0 rcx: 0x000000010042cca8 rdx: 0x0000000100074f3b
rdi: 0x000000000000000e rsi: 0x00007fff5fbfecbc rbp: 0x00007fff5fbfeba0 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbfeb90
r8: 0x00007fff5fbff0b0 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x00000000ffffffff r11: 0x000000010083a40b
r12: 0x0000000000000001 r13: 0x00007fff5fbfecb8 r14: 0x00007fff5fbfecbc r15: 0x000000010000363e
rip: 0x00007fff828d489e rfl: 0x0000000000010202 cr2: 0x0000000100074f3b
Binary Images:
0x100000000 - 0x100003fff +pole ??? (???) {REDACTED}
0x7fff5fc00000 - 0x7fff5fc3bdef dyld 132.1 (???) /usr/lib/dyld
0x7fff81697000 - 0x7fff8169bff7 libmathCommon.A.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x7fff8289c000 - 0x7fff82a5aff7 libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x7fff83c4c000 - 0x7fff83cc9fef libstdc++.6.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x7fffffe00000 - 0x7fffffe01fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Model: MacBookPro4,1, BootROM MBP41.00C1.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB, SMC 1.27f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.19)
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.4f3, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS542520K9SA00, 186.31 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-867
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0230, 0x5d200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1a100000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x820f, 0x1a110000.