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2010.08.22 13:26 "memory error", by Rajat Varma

2010.08.23 13:42 "Re: memory error", by Edward Lam

2010.08.23 15:02 "Re: memory error", by Rajat Varma

2010.08.23 15:15 "Re: memory error", by Scott Ribe

2010.08.23 15:17 "Re: memory error", by Bob Friesenhahn

2010.08.23 15:27 "Re: memory error", by Rajat Varma

2010.08.23 13:42 "Re: memory error", by Edward Lam

On 8/22/2010 9:26 AM, Rajat Varma wrote:
> ==25472== Invalid read of size 4
> ==25472==    at 0x404CCEB: TIFFFindFieldInfo (tif_dirinfo.c:753)
> ==25472==    by 0x404A843: TIFFVGetField (tif_dir.c:971)
> ==25472==    by 0x404B33A: TIFFGetField (tif_dir.c:957)
> ==25472==    by 0x8048B3D: main (in
> /home/rajat/Desktop/spots_program/spotsprogram)
> ==25472==  Address 0x284 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd
>
> Could anyone have an insight as to what kind of problems in the code
> could give rise to such errors?

My knee jerk reaction is that you're giving TIFFGetField() invalid 
return memory. Make sure you're giving it pointers to the right 
types/sizes according to your field:

http://libtiff.maptools.org/man/TIFFGetField.3tiff.html

Regards,
-Edward