Re: [Boost-users] the thread safe boost serialization library is threadsafe?

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-09 17:43:12

It has been determined that the boost serialization - contrary to
intention - is not currently thread safe.  This will be addressed
in a future release.

Robert Ramey

Fei Liu wrote:
> I am testing a multi-thread app which uses boost serialization
> library..I got the dreaded error:
> *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (fasttop):
> 0x0aed93d0 *** Aborted
>
> Using a core dump and gdb, here is a backtrace. It appears it crashed
> inside the multi-thread library. Any advice is appreciated..
>
> #0  0xb7f9a6be in
> boost::serialization::extended_type_info::type_info_key_cmp ()
>   from /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0xb7f9a6be in
> boost::serialization::extended_type_info::type_info_key_cmp ()
>   from /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0
> #1  0xb7f9a6f2 in boost::serialization::extended_type_info::operator<
> () from /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0
> #2  0xb7f9b43e in
> std::_Rb_tree<boost::serialization::extended_type_info const*,
> boost::serialization::extended_type_info const*,
> std::_Identity<boost::serialization::extended_type_info const*>,
> boost::serialization::detail::tkmap::type_info_compare,
> std::allocator<boost::serialization::extended_type_info const*>
>>>> insert_unique () from
> /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0
> #3  0xb7f9adfb in
>   boost::serialization::extended_type_info::self_register () from
> /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0 #4
> 0x08053c23 in
> boost::archive::detail::iserializer<boost::archive::xml_iarchive,
> std::map<std::string, std::string, std::less<std::string>,
> std::allocator<std::pair<std::string const, std::string> > >
>>>> load_object_data (this=0x805ba7c, ar=@0x933f71e0, x=0x933f73a8,
>    file_version=2470408016) at extended_type_info_typeid.hpp:77
> #5  0xb7f91900 in boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive::load_object
> () from /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0
> #6  0x080537a7 in
> boost::archive::detail::iserializer<boost::archive::xml_iarchive,
> ns::ge::rule>::load_object_data (this=0x805ba60,
>    ar=@0x933f71e0, x=0x933f73a8, file_version=4) at
> iserializer.hpp:143 #7  0xb7f91900 in
> boost::archive::detail::basic_iarchive::load_object () from
> /usr/lib/libboost_serialization-gcc34-mt-1_34.so.1.34.0 #8
> 0x08052c82 in utils::xml::deserialize<ns::ge::rule> (s=@0x4,
> is=@0xb7fb7f1e) at iserializer.hpp:143 #9  0x08052f41 in
> ns::ge::rules<ns::ge::rule>::process_xml (this=0x805b9a0,
> xml=@0x933f7410) at ns_ge_rules.h:54 #10 0x08053353 in
> ns::ge::rule_server<ns::ge::rules<ns::ge::rule>,
> pthread::thread_pool> (arg=0xb7fb7f1e) at ns_ge_rule_listener.h:47
> #11 0xb7bb73b0 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 #12
> 0xb79f426e in clone () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6