Folkert van Heusden writes:
Hi, I have a C++ application using the new std::thread functionality. At random I see all kinds of crashes, mostly in std::string but also in std::map and friends. I have profiling (-pg) enabled. It seems that if I disable profiling, also the random errors (SIGSEGV) disappear. Are there any known issues with profiling, c++0x and gcc version 4.7 with this? (tried g++ 4.6 as well)
Neither std::map, nor std::string, is thread-safe, AFAIK. Individual instances of these, and pretty much all other classes, must be appropriately protected and accessed in a safe thread context, using std::mutex or a reasonable facsimile. You have not mentioned whether or not you may be potentially accessing same instances of std::string or std::map from concurrent threads, and whether you're employing std::mutex to do so.
Profiling modifies runtime behavior, by its inherent nature. If there's ill- formed, non-deterministic behavior, such as thread-unsafe access; it would not be unusual for this to manifest itself with more or less frequency, either in presence or in the absence of, runtime profiling.
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