From: "Greg Donnells" <gad AT donnesys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Hunting Sigsev Errors
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Would declaring the variable as a global (thus moving it's storage
allocation to the data segment as opposed to the stack segment) also correct
this scenario?


> This is, as you suspected, your problem. You've just allocated
> ARRAYMAX times 516 bytes, or 516 KB of memory, on the stack. That's
> more than the default size of the whole stack, and will, indeed, cause
> a solid crash.
>
> For such large memory blocks, you should never rely on the stack
> (i.e. automatic variables) to contain them. Use heap storage instead,
> i.e. malloc() and friends.
>
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
>