Question about dealing with segmentation faults
Hi guys,
I am writing a large complex problem and I wanted some general advice. Right now the program is supposed to run a bunch of programs 1700 times. However at counter # 1018 it get a Segmentation fault.
My problem is that I do not understand how to debug the program. The program takes 20 minutes to run so I cant step through the program. I was wondering if any of you could help give me some debugging tips in very large programs.
Thanks!
1) Put asserts. Make sure that the program's state is valid at all times.
2) If you know at what iteration it occurs, try skipping the other iterations to the specific one and do line-by-line stepping.
Originally Posted by Adak
Run it in the debugger.
Wait for it to crash.
The debugger will catch the segfault, and then you can look around to try and determine how the program got to that state.
Fix the code.
Rinse and repeat as necessary.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
