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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>0<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08f644c8</span> in
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>1<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08f64558</span> in
dice::ref2::MemoryPool::alloc ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>2<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08f68ab4</span> in
__builtin_vec_new ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>3<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08b02473</span> in
dice::meme::Memory::wstringDuplicate ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>4<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08aed191</span> in
dice::meme::WstringData::set ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>5<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08b84fa3</span> in
dice::bf::BfMenu::initHud ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>6<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08b8ae7d</span> in
dice::bf::BfMenu::outputMessage ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>7<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08ccff7e</span> in
dice::bf::GameServer::handleGameEventManagerEvent ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>8<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08cd49e1</span> in
dice::bf::GameServer::processReceivedPackets ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#<span
class=GramE>9<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0x08cc865a</span> in
dice::bf::GameServer::update ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#10
0x08a9eb31 in dice:<span class=GramE>:bf</span>::Setup::mainLoop ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#11
0x08a9e11c in dice:<span class=GramE>:bf</span>::Setup::start ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#12
0x08a81a4d in main ()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>#13
0x40077657 in __libc_start_main (main=0x8a81890 <main>, argc=1, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ubp_av=0xbffffb14, init=0x8a80ca8
<_init>, fini=0x960211c <_fini>, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>rtld_fini=0x4000dcd4 <_dl_fini>,
stack_end=0xbffffb0c)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=GramE>at ..</span>/sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Gudmo
[mailto:kain@fortress.is] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 13, 2002
10:23 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bf1942@icculus.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [bf1942] Another
stacktrace</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> (gdb) backtrace<br>
> #0 0x08f644c8 in dice::ref2::MemoryPool::alloc ()<br>
> #1 0x08f64558 in dice::ref2::MemoryPool::alloc ()<br>
<br>
Just to update y'all:<br>
<br>
As you might have guessed, this is almost certainly a memory corruption<br>
bug. The reason that almost all of the stacktraces end with two calls to<br>
that alloc() method is because we keep a linked list of MemoryPool<br>
objects, and if there isn't space in a given memory pool, we call alloc()<br>
in the next pool in the linked list...but if we piddled over memory we<br>
either corrupt the next pool or corrupt the pointer to it, so it pukes,<br>
but not necessarily anywhere near where the actual corruption occurred,<br>
depending on how big the memory pool was, etc.<br>
<br>
This is why some people are getting crashes and others aren't, and why<br>
some people can play for ten minutes, some for an hour, etc...and why I<br>
never crash. I've got a blessed box, apparently. But rather than ship the<br>
server with an icon that reads, "Best Played On Ryan's Development
Box",<br>
I've decided to fix this. :)<br>
<br>
In my local tree, I've moved to a simpler form of memory allocation so I<br>
can track down the problem(s). Among other things, it'll let me<br>
run the thing through valgrind and get more meaningful results.<br>
<br>
More updates when I have them...may not be tonight. Again, thank you for<br>
your patience; I'm trying to fix this "codesalat" as quickly as I
can.<br>
<br>
--ryan.<br>
<br>
<br>
.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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