[Developers] memory error in src/main/Parameter.c's GetBaseName()

[Erik Schnetter]

On Feb 28, 2008, at 14:35:17, David Rideout wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a code which runs fine in serial, but seg faults while freeing
> grid arrays when run in parallel.  When I run it with memory checking
> in ddt, it shows an error at the malloc() call in GetBaseName()
> (src/main/Parameters.c line 2374):
>
> Processes 0-1:
> Memory error detected: "a previous write overwrote the reserved memory
> after the end of a memory allocation"
>
> This call to GetBaseName() arises from a call to CCTK_ParameterData()
> during BASEGRID, to get the size of an array parameter.
>
> Any ideas??


Are you using mvapich?

-erik

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