[Boost-users] boost::thread issue

Subject: [Boost-users] boost::thread issue
From: danielsabin_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-12-05 17:22:40

Hi,

I started working on a project a couple of months ago and i decided to use boost::thread. I like the library, very nicely done and easy to use - great job.
However, I ran into an issue and although i have already spent a significant amount of time trying to figure it out, I was not able to make any progress so far.
 
The project is written in pure C++ (no managed code) on Windows XP/SP3. 
I am using Visual Studio 2005 with SP1 as the C++ compiler. 
I am using the pre-built binaries for boost 1_36_0 provided by boost consulting.

My main program simply creates several boost::thread objects which do various things.
Everything works fine except for one thing: occasionally when I start the program I receive the following error:
"The exception unknown software exception (0xc0000409) occurred in the application at location 0x00421cd3".
In general exception 0xc0000409 means that the system detected (or thinks it detected) an overrun of a stack-based buffer. 
The code is compiled with the /GS switch (Buffer security check) enabled.

The debug stack trace when the exception is thrown shows 2 threads, the exception being thrown by thread2, as follows: 

(thread 1)	5752	__tmainCRTStartup	__CxxSetUnhandledExceptionFilter	Normal	0
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ntdll.dll!_KiFastSystemCallRet_at_0() 	
         ntdll.dll!_ZwWaitForSingleObject_at_12()  + 0xc bytes	
         ntdll.dll!_RtlpWaitForCriticalSection_at_4()  + 0x8c bytes	
         ntdll.dll!_RtlEnterCriticalSection_at_4()  + 0x46 bytes	
         ntdll.dll!_LdrLockLoaderLock_at_12()  + 0x6b bytes	
         kernel32.dll!7c80b43f() 	
         [Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for kernel32.dll]	
         ntdll.dll!_ZwQueryVirtualMemory_at_24()  + 0xc bytes	
         kernel32.dll!7c80b9ed() 	
         kernel32.dll!7c8638bd() 	
         kernel32.dll!7c8449b0() 	
         ntdll.dll!_RtlpAllocateFromHeapLookaside_at_4()  + 0x31 bytes	
         kernel32.dll!7c80262a() 	
         ntdll.dll!_NtQueryInformationProcess_at_20()  + 0xc bytes	
         msvcr80.dll!7814a84c() 	
         MyService.exe!__CxxSetUnhandledExceptionFilter()  Line 90	C++
         msvcr80.dll!78131762() 	
>	MyService.exe!__tmainCRTStartup()  Line 494 + 0xf bytes	C
         kernel32.dll!7c817007() 	
         ntdll.dll!_RtlpAllocateFromHeapLookaside_at_4()  + 0x31 bytes	

(thread 2)	7976	__report_gsfailure	__report_gsfailure	Time Critical	0
        -------------------------------------------------------------------------
         MyService.exe!__crt_debugger_hook() 	Unknown
>	MyService.exe!__report_gsfailure()  Line 298 + 0x7 bytes	C
         MyService.exe!boost::detail::create_once_mutex()  + 0x63 bytes	C++
         MyService.exe!boost::call_once<void (*)(void)>()  + 0x36 bytes	C++
         MyService.exe!boost::`anonymous namespace'::run_thread_exit_callbacks()  + 0x34 bytes	C++
         MyService.exe!boost::thread::interrupt()  + 0xdc bytes	C++
         ntdll.dll!_LdrpCallInitRoutine_at_16()  + 0x14 bytes	
         ntdll.dll!_LdrpCallTlsInitializers_at_8()  + 0x12fad bytes	
         ntdll.dll!_LdrShutdownThread_at_0()  + 0xf4ae bytes	
         kernel32.dll!7c80c0c6() 	
         [Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for kernel32.dll]	
         csauser.dll!10103b7f() 	
         kernel32.dll!7c80b6b9() 	

Since I did not get too far on my own I really need your help. Did anybody else run into anything similar or does anybody have any idea about how to debug this?

Thanks,

--daniel