{"id":12171,"date":"2022-09-29T22:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T22:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:01:12","slug":"solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n

1) You check feof()<\/code> first, then<\/strong> do a fscanf()<\/code>, and then don’t check its return value<\/em> (or re-check feof()<\/code> at the very least. (You might have been right at the end of the file prior to the fscanf()<\/code> call, or the configuration file might be malformed, but you wouldn’t detect this with your code.)<\/p>\n

2) Your index range checks (and assorted realloc()<\/code>s) look dodgy. But there is absolutely no chance I’ll be doing a runtime analysis of your code, especially since I don’t have an input file example to go with.<\/p>\n

Do some Machete Debugging<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Edit:<\/strong> After joop’s comment pointed me toward the fine print of your realloc()<\/code> (and the if<\/code> statement around it), in absence of a comment explaining how exactly you expect this to work out, I’ll say that you are invoking undefined behaviour there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

3<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[ad_2]<\/p>\n

solved How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ad_1] 1) You check feof() first, then do a fscanf(), and then don’t check its return value (or re-check feof() at the very least. (You might have been right at the end of the file prior to the fscanf() call, or the configuration file might be malformed, but you wouldn’t detect this with your code.) … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320],"tags":[324,3319,493,378,3175],"class_list":["post-12171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solved","tag-c","tag-fclose","tag-file","tag-heap-memory","tag-stack-memory"],"yoast_head":"\n[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] - JassWeb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] - JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] 1) You check feof() first, then do a fscanf(), and then don’t check its return value (or re-check feof() at the very least. (You might have been right at the end of the file prior to the fscanf() call, or the configuration file might be malformed, but you wouldn’t detect this with your code.) ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-29T17:01:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kirat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kirat\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kirat\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31\"},\"headline\":\"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed]\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-29T17:01:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"c++\",\"fclose\",\"file\",\"heap-memory\",\"stack-memory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Solved\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\",\"name\":\"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] - JassWeb\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-29T17:01:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed]\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/\",\"name\":\"JassWeb\",\"description\":\"Build High-quality Websites\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jass Web\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png\",\"width\":693,\"height\":132,\"caption\":\"Jass Web\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31\",\"name\":\"Kirat\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1776403586\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1776403586\",\"caption\":\"Kirat\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/jassweb.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/author\/jaspritsinghghumangmail-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] - JassWeb","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] - JassWeb","og_description":"[ad_1] 1) You check feof() first, then do a fscanf(), and then don’t check its return value (or re-check feof() at the very least. (You might have been right at the end of the file prior to the fscanf() call, or the configuration file might be malformed, but you wouldn’t detect this with your code.) ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/","og_site_name":"JassWeb","article_published_time":"2022-09-29T17:01:12+00:00","author":"Kirat","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kirat","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/"},"author":{"name":"Kirat","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31"},"headline":"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed]","datePublished":"2022-09-29T17:01:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/"},"wordCount":163,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization"},"keywords":["c++","fclose","file","heap-memory","stack-memory"],"articleSection":["Solved"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/","name":"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed] - JassWeb","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-09-29T17:01:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-how-to-debug-why-my-c-code-causes-a-segmentation-fault-closed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Solved] How to debug why my C code causes a segmentation fault? [closed]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/","name":"JassWeb","description":"Build High-quality Websites","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#organization","name":"Jass Web","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/jass-website-logo-1.png","width":693,"height":132,"caption":"Jass Web"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/65c9c7b7958150c0dc8371fa35dd7c31","name":"Kirat","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1776403586","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/1261af3c9451399fa1336d28b98ea3bb.jpg?ver=1776403586","caption":"Kirat"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/jassweb.com"],"url":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/author\/jaspritsinghghumangmail-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}