Opened 17 years ago

Closed 17 years ago

Last modified 16 years ago

#9747 closed (fixed)

Explicitly set the response type of GEOS C functions that return strings to fix unpredictable behavior on 64-bit systems

Reported by: jbronn Owned by: jbronn
Component: GIS Version: 1.0
Severity: Keywords: gis geos segfault 64 c_char_p restype errcheck
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

See the following Google Group threads:

​GeoDjango in Ubuntu 8.10, Segmentation Fault (django-users)

​Segfault under modwsgi but not shell (modwsgi)

Attached is a backported patch from my ​gis-geos mercurial repo for my minor refactor of the GEOS interface.

Attachments (1)

geos_explicit_char_restype.diff​ (1.9 KB ) - added by jbronn 17 years ago.
Uses a subclass of c_char_p for the response type.

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Change History (6)

comment:1 by jbronn, 17 years ago

Cc: gis geos segfault 64 c_char_p restype errcheck removed
Keywords: gis geos segfault 64 c_char_p restype errcheck added
Owner: changed from nobody to jbronn
Status: new → assigned

by jbronn, 17 years ago

Attachment: geos_explicit_char_restype.diff​ added

Uses a subclass of c_char_p for the response type.

comment:2 by jbronn, 17 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: assigned → closed

(In [9605]) Fixed #9747 -- now explicitly set response type on C functions that return WKB and WKT.

comment:3 by jbronn, 17 years ago

(In [9606]) [1.0.X] Fixed #9747 -- now explicitly set response type on C functions that return WKB and WKT.

Backport of r9605 from trunk.

comment:4 by jbronn, 16 years ago

(In [11205]) Fixed GEOS & GDAL C function prototypes to explicitly use a subclass of c_char_p as the return type on routines that return strings. This prevents crashes on some 64-bit platforms, like FreeBSD. Thanks to wilsaj for discovering the problem. Refs #9747.

comment:5 by jbronn, 16 years ago

(In [11206]) [1.0.X] ixed GEOS & GDAL C function prototypes to explicitly use a subclass of c_char_p as the return type on routines that return strings. This prevents crashes on some 64-bit platforms, like FreeBSD. Thanks to wilsaj for discovering the problem. Refs #9747.

Backport of r11205 from trunk.

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