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A space that is not allocated to you but you try to access it anyway. You cannot get in. In other words, it gives an error. The same way if at any point in a program, memory space that is not allocated to a particular variable or code block is accessed a segmentation fault occurs, also called the core dump error.
On 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, I am trying to compile a simple OpenGL program that uses glut. I am getting a Segmentation Fault (SIGSEV) before any line of code is executed in main; even on a very stripped down test program. What could cause this?
My command line:
g++ -Wall -g main.cpp -lglut -lGL -lGLU -o main
My simple test case:
#include <GL/gl.h>
#include <GL/glu.h>
#include <GL/glut.h>
#include <string>
#include <cstdio>
int main(int argc, char** argv){
printf("Started\n");
std::string dummy = "hello";
glutInit(&argc, argv);
return 0;
}
When I run the program, the printf at the beginning of main doesn't get to execute before the segfault. Under GDB, I get this back trace after the segfault is
#0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#1 0x00007ffff3488291 in init () at dlerror.c:177
#2 0x00007ffff34886d7 in _dlerror_run (operate=operate@entry=0x7ffff3488130 <dlsym_doit>, args=args@entry=0x7fffffffddf0) at dlerror.c:129
#3 0x00007ffff3488198 in __dlsym (handle=<optimized out>, name=<optimized out>) at dlsym.c:70
#4 0x00007ffff702628e in ?? () from /usr/lib/nvidia-352/libGL.so.1
#5 0x00007ffff6fd1aa7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/nvidia-352/libGL.so.1
#6 0x00007ffff7dea0fd in call_init (l=0x7ffff7fd39c8, argc=argc@entry=1, argv=argv@entry=0x7fffffffdf48, env=env@entry=0x7fffffffdf58) at dl-init.c:64
#7 0x00007ffff7dea223 in call_init (env=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, argc=<optimized out>, l=<optimized out>) at dl-init.c:36
#8 _dl_init (main_map=0x7ffff7ffe1c8, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffdf48, env=0x7fffffffdf58) at dl-init.c:126
#9 0x00007ffff7ddb30a in _dl_start_user () from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
#10 0x0000000000000001 in ?? ()
#11 0x00007fffffffe2ba in ?? ()
#12 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
And here's the kicker. If I comment out either the gluInit line or the std::string dummy line, the program compiles and runs just fine. Up until I noticed this I assumed there was something wrong with my GLUT (though I've tried the original program I'm debugging on (that I stripped down to this example)) several systems with no success. I am at a bit of a loss here.
Edit: I have tried gmbeard's suggestions. Turining off optimizations (-O0) didn't change anything about the callstack produced by gdb.
Running ldd on the program gives me:
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffe3b7f1000)
libglut.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglut.so.3 (0x00007f04978fa000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f04975f6000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f04973e0000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f049701b000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/nvidia-352/libGL.so.1 (0x00007f0496cec000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f04969b7000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f04966b1000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00007f04964a1000)
libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007f049629b000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f0497b44000)
libnvidia-tls.so.352.21 => /usr/lib/nvidia-352/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.352.21 (0x00007f0496098000)
libnvidia-glcore.so.352.21 => /usr/lib/nvidia-352/libnvidia-glcore.so.352.21 (0x00007f0493607000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f04933f5000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f04931f1000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f0492fd2000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f0492dce000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f0492bc8000)
And then, having identified which libGL I am using, I ran ldd on it
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007ffc55df8000)
libnvidia-tls.so.352.21 => /usr/lib/nvidia-352/tls/libnvidia-tls.so.352.21 (0x00007faa60d83000)
libnvidia-glcore.so.352.21 => /usr/lib/nvidia-352/libnvidia-glcore.so.352.21 (0x00007faa5e2f2000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007faa5dfbd000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007faa5ddab000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007faa5d9e6000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007faa5d7e2000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007faa5d4dc000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007faa5d2bd000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007faa612b5000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007faa5d0b9000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007faa5ceb3000)
But a quick glance doesn't reveal anything amiss.
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