[AVRO-1846] Memory alignment issue causing crash on Solaris on Sparc

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.0
• Component/s: c

Environment

SunOS 5.10 Generic_141444-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
gcc version 4.9.0 (GCC)

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joanne Dodd
• Created: 16/May/16 21:10
• Updated: 14/Nov/17 16:54

Description

Excerpt of output from running process through gdb (note debug offsets on):

Record address
Header: Offset 0, size 0
Field 0:
Schema string
Offset 0, size 24
Field 1:
Schema string
Offset 24, size 24
Field 2:
Schema int
Offset 48, size 4
Field 3:
Schema string
Offset 52, size 24
Field 4:
Schema int
Offset 76, size 4
TOTAL SIZE: 80
Record Event
Header: Offset 0, size 0
Field 0:
Schema int
Offset 0, size 4
Field 1:
Schema long
Offset 4, size 8
Field 2:
Schema long
Offset 12, size 8
Field 3:
Schema SeAddress
Offset 20, size 8
Field 4:
Schema array
Offset 28, size 16
TOTAL SIZE: 44

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
avro_generic_long_init (iface=0xff26e8fc <AVRO_GENERIC_LONG_CLASS>, vself=0x5297614) at generic.c:1469
1469 *self = 0;
(gdb) p self
$1 = (int64_t *) 0x5297614
(gdb)

long integers must be aligned on 64-bit boundaries for SPARC systems.