[Pvfs2-developers] server side memory problems in trunk?

[Phil Carns]

Thanks Sam- it looks like that did the trick.

-Phil

Sam Lang wrote:
> 
> I was just seeing something similar with lookup.  It turns out the  
> PINT_decode in server_state_machine_start does some in-place  decoding, 
> so we can't free the unexpected buffer right after that  (call the 
> BMI_unexpected_free).  I'm just going to move the free back  down to 
> server_state_machine_complete.
> 
> -sam
> 
> On Aug 23, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Phil Carns wrote:
> 
>> I am having some problems with builds from the latest cvs head  
>> snapshot.    The server keeps crashing while I try to run an ACL  test 
>> case, but I think that the problem is more fundamental than  that.  If 
>> I watch the server in valgrind, this is a sampling of  errors that 
>> come out when just mounting and performing an "ls - alh".  This is 
>> with a newly created storage space:
>>
>> ==7512== Invalid read of size 1
>> ==7512==    at 0x401C8E7: strncmp (in
>> /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/vgpreload_memcheck.so)
>> ==7512==    by 0x80B1E3A: PINT_eattr_is_prefixed (pvfs2-server.h:133)
>>
>> ==7512== Invalid read of size 1
>> ==7512==    at 0x8056866: trove_keyval_read_list (trove.c:498)
>>
>> ==7512== Invalid read of size 1
>> ==7512==    at 0x401CA60: memcpy (in
>> /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/vgpreload_memcheck.so)
>> ==7512==    by 0x805CB6B: dbpf_keyval_read_list_op_svc (dbpf- 
>> keyval.c:916)
>>
>> ==7512== Invalid read of size 1
>> ==7512==    at 0x808E4B1: PINT_string_next_segment (str-utils.c:159)
>>
>> ==7512== Invalid read of size 1
>> ==7512==    at 0x401C638: strlen (in
>> /usr/lib/valgrind/x86-linux/vgpreload_memcheck.so)
>> ==7512==    by 0x80A50C4: lookup_read_directory_entry (lookup.sm:545)
>>
>> ==7512== Invalid read of size 1
>> ==7512==    at 0x805647B: trove_keyval_read (trove.c:291)
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Anyone know what's going on?
>>
>> -Phil
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