why are you defining a buffer of 2000000000? Usually it's easier to allocate 
memory and less resource intensive if you do that; defining a huge buffer like 
that will quickly exhaust resources.


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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Thomas Hruska 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [c-prog] Code Snippet Error


  subhankar katyayan wrote:
  > Dear All,
  > 
  > Could you please look into the code snippet and let me know why it's giving 
core and what should be the probable solution for this....
  > 
  > #include <stdio.h>
  > 
  > #define buffer_size 2000000000
  > #define num_writers 300
  > #define num_readers 500
  > 
  > int main()
  > {
  > char *ptr;
  > char *shmptr[num_writers];
  > int i, numr, numw, nump;
  > 
  > unsigned long cksum = 0;
  > 
  > numr = nump % num_readers;
  > numw = nump - numr;
  > numw = numw / num_readers;
  > ptr = shmptr[numw];
  > 
  > 
  > for(i = 0; i < buffer_size; i++)
  > cksum += *ptr++;
  > 
  > }
  > 
  > skumar

  Among other things, 'nump' doesn't appear to be initialized. Your 
  compiler should be warning you about that. If not, turn up the warning 
  level until it does.

  Also, a debugger would have caught what the compiler missed. Stepping 
  through the code will likely reveal that 'nump' gets assigned some 
  bizarre number.

  Finally, your for-loop is likely going to step on some memory your 
  program isn't allowed to access for any reason whatsoever.

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