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From: taylorr@glycine.cs.unc.edu (Russell Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Bus error DURING call to malloc()
Keywords: help bus error malloc
Message-ID: <14525@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 90 17:14:35 GMT
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	We are running OS 3.2.2 on an IRIS 4D/240GTX.  I ran a program and
got the proverbial 'Bus error (core dumped)' message.  The catch is that
when I run dbx and look for the error, it tells me that the error occured
IN malloc():

...Source (of malloc.c) not available...

	There are several calls to malloc() in the code.  There have been
successful calls before this call is made.  All calls are passed constant
references, and this code compiles and runs correctly on a variety of other
machines (VAX, sun 4, DecStation).

	Is there a known bug (and hopefully fix) for this?

	Thanks,
	Russell Taylor
	taylorr@cs.unc.edu