I got a segmentation fault on a auto_ptr to a message object. I added the offending function (fails on return) below after the backtrace. This could well have something to with the expecting message size x, got 0 bytes problem. The core dump is too big to attach. If you want to see it, let me know where I can copy it. On a side note, why is Message::pSessionId always 1 or 0? -John #0 0x00007f29009c4ca6 in std::auto_ptr<XrdCl::Message>::~auto_ptr (this=0x7f28e2ffc9b0, __in_chrg=<optimized out>) at /usr/include/c++/4.8.2/backward/auto_ptr.h:170 No locals. #1 0x00007f29009bd72e in XrdCl::XRootDMsgHandler::Process (this=0x7f28cc0046c0, msg=0x7f28dc000d30) at /afs/in2p3.fr/home/j/jgates/working/xrootd/src/XrdCl/XrdClXRootDMsgHandler.cc:297 embededMsg = 0x7f28d4024eb0 msgPtr = {_M_ptr = 0x7f28dc000d30} embRsp = 0x7f28d40165d0 rsp = 0x7f28dc001950 qryResult = {pHolder = 0x7f28e2ffcb58, pTypeInfo = 0x7f28e2ffcd00, pOwn = true} qryResponse = 0x7f28e2ffcb00 log = 0x25d1c60 req = 0x7f28cc03af00 st = {status = 58336, code = 2483, errNo = 32553} #2 0x00007f29009acce5 in XrdCl::InQueue::AddMessage (this=0x7f28d8010380, msg=0x7f28dc000d30) at /afs/in2p3.fr/home/j/jgates/working/xrootd/src/XrdCl/XrdClInQueue.cc:65 log = 0x25d1c60 it = {first = , second = 1435863656} action = 5 handler = 0x7f28cc0046c0 #3 0x00007f2900999afd in XrdCl::Stream::QueueIncMsgJob::Run (this=0x7f28d800a520, arg=0x7f28dc000d30) at /afs/in2p3.fr/home/j/jgates/working/xrootd/src/./XrdCl/XrdClStream.hh:267 msg = 0x7f28dc000d30 #4 0x00007f29009f986a in XrdCl::JobManager::RunJobs (this=0x7f28e400e470) at /afs/in2p3.fr/home/j/jgates/working/xrootd/src/XrdCl/XrdClJobManager.cc:148 h = {job = 0x7f28d800a520, arg = 0x7f28dc000d30} #5 0x00007f29009f93e4 in RunRunnerThread (arg=0x7f28e400e470) at /afs/in2p3.fr/home/j/jgates/working/xrootd/src/XrdCl/XrdClJobManager.cc:33 mgr = 0x7f28e400e470 #6 0x00007f2912c46df3 in start_thread () from /lib64/libpthread.so.0 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007f291226b1ed in clone () from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. void XRootDMsgHandler::Process( Message *msg ) { Log *log = DefaultEnv::GetLog(); ServerResponse *rsp = (ServerResponse *)msg->GetBuffer(); ClientRequest *req = (ClientRequest *)pRequest->GetBuffer(); //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // We got an async message //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- if( rsp->hdr.status == kXR_attn ) { log->Dump( XRootDMsg, "[%s] Got an async response to message %s %s, " "processing it", pUrl.GetHostId().c_str(), msg->dump().c_str(), pRequest->GetDescription().c_str() ); Message *embededMsg = new Message( rsp->hdr.dlen-8 ); embededMsg->Append( msg->GetBuffer( 16 ), rsp->hdr.dlen-8 ); XRDCL_SMART_PTR_T<Message> msgPtr( msg ); pResponse = embededMsg; // this can never happen for oksofars // we need to unmarshall the header by hand XRootDTransport::UnMarshallHeader( embededMsg ); //------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Check if the dlen field of the embedded message is consistent with // the dlen value of the original message //------------------------------------------------------------------------ ServerResponse *embRsp = (ServerResponse *)embededMsg->GetBuffer(); if( embRsp->hdr.dlen != rsp->hdr.dlen-16 ) { log->Error( XRootDMsg, "[%s] Sizes of the async response to %s and the " "embedded message are inconsistent. Expected %d, got %d.", pUrl.GetHostId().c_str(), pRequest->GetDescription().c_str(), rsp->hdr.dlen-16, embRsp->hdr.dlen); pStatus = Status( stFatal, errInvalidMessage ); HandleResponse(); return; } log->Dump( XRootDMsg, "[%s] async response to message %s -> Process", pUrl.GetHostId().c_str(), embededMsg->dump().c_str()); Process( embededMsg ); return; } ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the QSERV-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=QSERV-L&A=1