Re: [Boost-users] Creating a boost thread in a matlab mex file causes matlab to crash

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Creating a boost thread in a matlab mex file causes matlab to crash
From: John Phillips (phillips_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-23 11:16:07

bjs109 wrote:
> I'm having some issues getting matlab and boost threads to work together. I'm
> posting here and a number of other places as I don't think this problem fits
> into any one domain.
> 
> Specifically, whenever I try to use boost threads within a mex file, it
> causes matlab to crash.
>
> ...[snip]...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 

   First thought.

   Have you tried a similar program that does not use boost threads, but 
instead creates the threads directly via pthreads? If this also crashes 
the same way, then boost threads is not the cause of the problem. If it 
does not crash, then boost threads is involved in the problem.

   Second thought.

   If you find that boost threads is involved in the problem, you might 
try updating your boost installation to the current version (1.39). The 
version included with your CentOS is more than 3 1/2 years old, and 
according to Anthony's release notes almost every line of the code has 
been rewritten since then.

   That is at least the steps I would start with.

                        John