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Jim Dennis (jimd@starshine.org)
Tue, 07 Oct 1997 14:12:46 -0700


>> Hi All,
>> I am new to Linux kernel.Will be thankfull if someone helps.
>>
>> What is SEGMENTATION FAULT? In which conditions does it occur?
>> Why did the following program receive the above error?

< ... >
>>
>> Avijit Lahiri
>>

I've noticed that a couple of participants have identified
the problem in the source code you provided.

However, no one has answered the first question.

A Segmentation Violation (or SegFault) is a signal sent
to your program after it has attempted to access memory
that isn't allocated to it. Typically this occurs when
your code (or the libraries you're linking to) has a bug
in it. Usually it occurs with uninitialized pointers or
as "fencepost" or bounds errors on arrays.

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