[omniORB] Core dump within omnithread library

[Duncan Grisby]

On Thursday 10 July, Adrian Sweet wrote:

> I've ported a process from OmniORB305 to OmniORB401, and the program now
> occasionally core dumps within the omnithread library.
> The core file, see dbx output below, show that the program falls over
> when trying to delete 'me', comparing this structure with one when the
> process is running properly seems to show that the structure has been
> corrupted.

It does look like it's been corrupted, or alternatively deleted twice.

> I've tried to follow the omnithread library though and I can't see where
> the corruption could occur.
> Does anyone have any clues on how to track this down, or if it's likely 
> to be a bug in OmniORB, Solaris or my program?

I don't think it's likely to be in omniORB, but it might be.

If possible, please run your program under Purify or similar. That
should show where the corruption occurs.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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