I get a segmentation fault when a C program allocates
an 8MB array in the subroutine "main()". The
specifics are listed below. Any help understanding
if this is a bug would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob
gcc version
===========
gcc -v produces:
Reading specs from
/usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.1/specs
Thread model: posix
Apple Computer, Inc. GCC version 1256, based on gcc
version 3.1 20021003 (prerelease)
input file
==========
input file called debug.c contains:
main()
{
float a[2048][1024];
}
compiler options
================
no compiler options were given (command was: gcc
debug.c)
.i file
=======
compiling with the -save-temps flag produces the
following .i file:
# 1 "debug.c"
main ( )
{
float a [ 2048 ] [ 1024 ] ;
}
machine and OS
==============
Apple PowerBook G4 running Mac OS X Version 10.3.8
Build 7U16
compiler cofiguration
=====================
used default configuration for Apple Developer's Kit
incorrect output
================
running a.out produces the following error:
Segmentation fault
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