valgrind 's "invalid read" error regarding boost

[aryan1]

Hi All,

Given the following line numbered 780 in my_daemon.cc:

exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

valgrind generates the following invalid read error:

==13527== Invalid read of size 4
==13527==    at 0x41908E: boost::char_separator<char, std::char_traits<char> >::~char_separator() (atomicity.h:46)
==13527==    by 0x5C2AC11: exit (exit.c:78)
==13527==    by 0x408ACF: main (my_daemon.cc:780)
==13527==  Address 0x65b36b0 is 16 bytes inside a block of size 26 free'd
==13527==    at 0x4C24A7A: operator delete(void*) (vg_replace_malloc.c:346)
==13527==    by 0x4190A0: boost::char_separator<char, std::char_traits<char> >::~char_separator() (basic_string.h:231)
==13527==    by 0x5C2AC11: exit (exit.c:78)
==13527==    by 0x408ACF: main (my_daemon.cc:780)

To me, the error message generated by valgrind is not self-explanatory.

How should I interpret this message ?

Thanks.

[Lindley]

Presumably, some aspect of Boost that you're using registered an atexit() method to be called. However, I can't guess which one, or why this is causing trouble.