[Gems-users] GEMS2.1: malloc(): memory corruption error obtained during runtime

["Gary A. Smith" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Gems-Users:

I am obtaining the following error when using GEMS2.1
with simics 2.2.19.  This error is obtained when
running Gems/Simics on FC6 with the 2.6.22 kernel. 
Glibc v2.5 is installed on the machine, and GCC 3.4.1
was used for compiling GEMS.  The error occurs
immediately following the point when the ruby DLL is
loaded.  Please advise if a known solution is
available for this scenario.

Thanks,
Gary

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Turning I-STC off and flushing old data
Turning D-STC off and flushing old data
successful installation of the ruby timing model.
*** glibc detected ***
/data/dissertation_backup/gems/simics/x86-linux/bin/simics-common:
malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x09bcb078 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0x54c621]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x7e)[0x54d2de]
/data/dissertation_backup/gems/simics/x86-linux/bin/libsimics-common.so(mm_malloc+0x8d)[0x19f71d]
/data/dissertation_backup/gems/simics/x86-linux/bin/libsimics-common.so(mm_strdup+0x43)[0x19fdc3]
/data/dissertation_backup/gems/simics/x86-linux/bin/libsimics-common.so[0x1574fe]
/data/dissertation_backup/gems/simics/x86-linux/bin/libsimics-common.so(SIM_register_attribute+0x96)[0x1578b6]
./modules/ruby-v9.so(init_local+0x4f5)[0x1940015]