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of your address space). a SIGBUS is caused due to alignment issues with the CPU (e.g., trying to read a long from an address which isn't a multiple of 4). share|improve this answer answered May 8 '09 at 7:06 paxdiablo 488k1179691416 10 Memory mapped files can also generate SIGBUS. –bk1e May 8 '09 at 16:06 on arm SIGBUS can occur if you read a float from an address that is not 4 byte aligned –shoosh Mar 30 at 7:29 shoosh, I'm pretty certain that's covered by my second bullet point. –paxdiablo Mar 30 at 13:28 add a comment| up vote 11 down vote SIGBUS will also be raised if you mmap() a file and attempt to access part of the mapped buffer that extends past the end of the file, as well as for error conditions such as out of space. If you register a signal handler using sigaction() and you set SA_SIGINFO, it may be possible to have your program examine the faulting memory address and handle only memory mapped file errors. share|improve this answer answered May 8 '09 at 16:04 bk1e 17.9k43760 add a comment| up vote 5 down vote For instance, a bus error might be caused when your program tries to do something that the hardware bus doesn't support. On SPARCs, for instance, trying to read a multi-byte value (such as an int, 32-bits) from
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Unanswered Threads Find All Thanked Posts Go to Page... unix and linux operating commands What's bus error python the difference between Segmentation fault and Bus error and Illegal...? UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Thread Tools Search this Thread bus error ubuntu Display Modes #1 03-28-2008 lakeat Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Last Activity: 16 May 2008, 11:01 PM EDT Location: Shanghai Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts What's the difference between Segmentation http://stackoverflow.com/questions/838540/bus-error-vs-segmentation-fault fault and Bus error and Illegal...? What's the difference between Segmentation fault and Bus error and Illegal instruction? Sometimes I got the one, and sometimes i got another, what are their differences? Segmentation fault (core dump)? Bus error (core dump)? Illegal instruction (core dump) Thanks Daniel Remove advertisements Sponsored Links lakeat View Public Profile Find all posts by lakeat #2 03-28-2008 ajitabhpandey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Last Activity: 23 October 2012, 11:42 PM EDT Location: http://www.unix.com/unix-for-dummies-questions-and-answers/58727-whats-difference-between-segmentation-fault-bus-error-illegal.html Bangalore Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Segmentation Fault (also known as SIGSEGV and is usually signal 11) - You can get this message when the program tries to write/read outside the memory allocated for it or when writing memory which can only be read Bus Error (also known as SIGBUS and is usually signal 10) - You can encounter this signal error when an invalid pointer is dereferenced i.e when you try to dereference an uninitialised pointer. It is similar to SIGSEGV but the difference is that SIGSEGV indicates an invalid access to valid memory, while SIGBUS indicates an access to an invalid address. Illegal Instructions (also known as SIGILL and is usually signal 4) - This usually means that your program is trying to execute garbage or a privileged instruction. You might encounter this - (a.) when you try to execute data (b.) when you try to execute a corrupted executed file. (c.) stack overflows (d.) when the system has trouble running the handler for a signal HTH Remove advertisements Sponsored Links ajitabhpandey View Public Profile Visit ajitabhpandey's homepage! Find all posts by ajitabhpandey #3 03-28-2008 lakeat Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Last Activity: 16 May 2008, 11:01 PM EDT Location: Shanghai Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Quote: Originally Posted by ajitabhpandey Segmentation Fault (also known as SIGSEGV and is usua
the difference between a bus error and a segmentation fault?UpdateCancelPromoted by Metavision.comStay on top of the latest augmented https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-bus-error-and-a-segmentation-fault reality (AR) happeningsPokémon GO barely touched on AR's potential. Read these AR-related sites to keep up with the industryLearn More at Metavision.comAnswer Wiki2 Answers Abhinav http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=3907165 Jangda, Computer Science Reseacher at IISc, Glasgow and CMU Research InternWritten 146w agoBus Error occurs when Processor cannot attempt to access the memory area requested.Segmentation bus error Fault occurs when Processor tries to access a memory area which doesn't belongs to current process.462 Views · View UpvotesRelated QuestionsMore Answers BelowWhat is the difference between bus error and segmentation core dumped and where do they both exist?Is there any difference between segmentation fault and dangling pointer?Why is this showing bus error segmentation me segmentation fault?What is the difference between a segmentation fault and core dump?What are some of the best/must read articles for debugging segmentation faults in C++? Shravan Kumar, Writes code for foodWritten 97w agoOn most architectures I've used, the distinction is that:a SEGV is caused when you access memory you're not meant to (e.g., outside of your address space).a SIGBUS is caused due to alignment issues with the CPU (e.g., trying to read a long from an address which isn't a multiple of 4).Reference : Aka Stack Overflow336 Views · View UpvotesView More AnswersRelated QuestionsWhy do I get Segmentation fault error when executing my code?Why am I getting a segmentation fault error in the following code?What is a segmentation fault?How do I troubleshoot segmentation fault problems?Why can't I initialize a pointer to NULL in my binary tree implementation code? How can I fix the segmentation fault error in my code?What
view Printable view Export to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Export to Microsoft Word Email this page Other pagesHome page Dashboard News Recent updates RSS feed builder Index Site map Labels Attachments index People Directory AccountLog in History History What does "Bus Error" or "Segmentation Fault" mean? These statements mean that there's a bug in the program. If you're able to consistently reproduce this bug in a piece of supported software, please submit a bug report using the "sendbug" command. If you're interested in learning more details and how to debug your own programs, read on. These errors often mean that the program was trying to access a memory location outside its address space. The computer detected this problem and sent a signal to your program, which caused it to abort. Things that cause bus errors and segmentation violations are typically out-of-bounds array references and/or references through uninitialized or mangled pointers. Look very closely in your program for bizarre things like that. A common example is: int c; scanf("%d", c); instead of the correct version: int c; scanf("%d", &c); There are a number of methods for finding out where the program went out of bounds. One method is to use printf() statements to determine how far the program is getting before it crashes, and to print out the contents of interesting variables. A more sophisticated method is using a debugger, such as "gdb". If you need to debug your program, you may want to enable a core dump. Usually, those two messages above would also have "(core dumped)" by them, indicating that the program wrote an image of its current memory into a file called "core" in that directory. Athena turned this off by default, since for most people "core" is just a waste of disk space. If you want to turn it back on again, type 'quota -v' and find out how many blocks (kilobytes) you have available in your quota. Then you can type, say: limit coredumpsize 100 .. to limit your core dump size to 100K for your