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Re: glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Bruce Korb <bkorb at gnu dot org>
- Cc: libc-alpha at gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:20:26 -0400
- Subject: Re: glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list
- References: <4481C54E.20200@gnu.org>
On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 10:22:22AM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to do due diligence and Googled for a cause, but to
> no avail. Since I do not deliberately use any libc interfaces
> that depend upon doubly linked lists that I have direct access
> to, some sort of explanation would be Really Nice. :) What I
> have found is lots of references to "unreproducible" and "I
> don't know" and "it started or stopped when I changed package
> X", and so on. Some of the messages do include hints like, "gpg:"
> in the string. Of course, mine instance does not. Any hints,
> please? Thank you.
These messages come from malloc debugging, so presumably the linked
list is internal to malloc (e.g. for the free list). You've probably
scribbled over something.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery