Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Stable on Linux, many crashes on Windows and OS X

[Stefan Oltmanns]

Hi Michael,
yes, I have not modified my program at all:
I added a #error "Broken allocation engine" to volk_malloc.c at the
beginning of the other allocation engine. I tried to recompile, but
compiler stopped with my error message. As I did not re-run cmake I´m
sure this engine was also used before.
Next step I removed my mutex-hack from freq_xlating_fir_filter and
changed the #if for posix_memalign test in volk_malloc.c to #if 1, in
other words posix_memalign is always used. Compiled without an error and
runs stable.
So I´m pretty sure bug #710 is the reason.

The only thing I´m not sure is: You said you verified that
posix_memalign is used by GnuRadio on OS X. I checked my build process,
I did not add any OS X 10.7 compatibility command, I used exactly the
cmake line from the guide:
http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/MacInstall and
posix_memalign was not used
I think either the #if-clause in volk_malloc.c needs an addition for OS
X >= 10.8. or cmake-file needs to be modified.

Best regards
Stefan

Am 06.08.2014 20:26, schrieb Michael Dickens:
> Hi Stefan - I'm guessing that the issue Tom made yesterday < 
> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/issues/710 > applies, yes?  Was the change to 
> your (local; not GR) code, to use posix_memalign instead of some other method 
> of memory allocation?  I'm guess I'm not all clear on where the issue actual 
> was ... but, I'm glad you got the bug figured out and/or can work around it 
> without a hack. - MLD
> 
> On Aug 5, 2014, at 11:19 PM, Stefan Oltmanns <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Confirmed it´s the allocator:
>> Recompiling with other allocation engine removed did not work.
>> Removed my hack and compiled with posix_memalign: Stable.
>> Thank you very much
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