[ARROW-5145] [C++] Release mode lacks convenience input validation

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.13.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Environment: CentOS 7 ; devtoolset-8 Software Collection ; g++ (GCC) 8.2.1 20180905 (Red Hat 8.2.1-3)
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/21626
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Ankur deDev
• Created: 09/Apr/19 00:57
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:38
• Resolved: 27/Jun/19 16:21

Description

I am a new user of the C++ library trying to output data that contains dictionary columns using RecordBatchFileWriter. The attached code seg faults, it is able to write a Feather file but fails when I use the RecordBatchFileWriter.

I am not sure whether I am using the library correctly, but the produced Feather file loads properly in Julia and has the expected data. I installed Arrow following the instructions for CentOS. 

Here is the stacktrace of the executable compiled with the command 'g++ -g -larrow repro.cpp' :

 

Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install arrow-libs-0.13.0-1.el7.x86_64 boost-filesystem-1.53.0-27.el7.x86_64 boost-regex-1.53.0-27.el7.x86_64 boost-system-1.53.0-27.el7.x86_64 double-conversion-2.0.1-3.el7.x86_64 gflags-2.1.1-6.el7.x86_64 glibc-2.17-260.el7_6.3.x86_64 glog-0.3.3-8.el7.x86_64 libgcc-4.8.5-36.el7.x86_64 libicu-50.1.2-17.el7.x86_64 libstdc++-4.8.5-36.el7.x86_64 libzstd-1.3.8-1.el7.x86_64 lz4-1.7.5-2.el7.x86_64 snappy-1.1.0-3.el7.x86_64 zlib-1.2.7-18.el7.x86_64
(gdb) bt
#0 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#1 0x00007f43fc8870d1 in arrow::ipc::internal::FieldToFlatbufferVisitor::GetResult(arrow::Field const&, flatbuffers::Offset<org::apache::arrow::flatbuf::Field>*) ()
{{ from /lib64/libarrow.so.13}}
#2 0x00007f43fc880374 in arrow::ipc::internal::FieldToFlatbuffer(flatbuffers::FlatBufferBuilder&, arrow::Field const&, arrow::ipc::DictionaryMemo*, flatbuffers::Offset<org::apache::arrow::flatbuf::Field>*) () from /lib64/libarrow.so.13
#3 0x00007f43fc880759 in arrow::ipc::internal::SchemaToFlatbuffer(flatbuffers::FlatBufferBuilder&, arrow::Schema const&, arrow::ipc::DictionaryMemo*, flatbuffers::Offset<org::apache::arrow::flatbuf::Schema>*) [clone .constprop.548] () from /lib64/libarrow.so.13
#4 0x00007f43fc880f7f in arrow::ipc::internal::WriteSchemaMessage(arrow::Schema const&, arrow::ipc::DictionaryMemo*, std::shared_ptr<arrow::Buffer>*) () from /lib64/libarrow.so.13
#5 0x00007f43fc8986eb in arrow::ipc::RecordBatchStreamWriter::RecordBatchStreamWriterImpl::Start() () from /lib64/libarrow.so.13
#6 0x00007f43fc898936 in arrow::ipc::RecordBatchFileWriter::RecordBatchFileWriterImpl::Start() () from /lib64/libarrow.so.13
#7 0x00007f43fc891cfc in arrow::ipc::RecordBatchFileWriter::WriteRecordBatch(arrow::RecordBatch const&, bool) () from /lib64/libarrow.so.13
#8 0x00000000004022ec in job () at repro.cpp:63
#9 0x00000000004026e7 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7ffef5892268) at repro.cpp:77

 

Thanks for your help. 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4720