Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 215262
Valgrind aborts after running for a while
Last modified: 2014-08-31 19:28:34 EDT
Description of problem: I'm porting some very old code to modern Linux, and running it under valgrind to find errors. Sometimes valgrind exits (the shell says Abort, but does not generate a core file) without warning, killing my program. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): valgrind-3.1.1-1.EL4 How reproducible: It's happened twice so far. Because the behavior of the program is random and interactive, finding a programmable reproducer may be hard. Steps to Reproduce: 1. run valgrind --log-file=valgrind --leak-check=full ./hack 2.play the game a while 3. Actual results: [hack@localhost hack]$ valgrind --log-file=valgrind --leak-check=full ./hack Abort [hack@localhost hack]$ Expected results: Game should continue until I lose. Additional info:
I'm afraid that without a reproducer there is nothing I can do about this. Try to recompile rawhide valgrind for RHEL4 and use that instead to see if that makes a difference.