Fix the file free space manager infinite loop bug #5121
Labels
Component - C Library
Core C library issues (usually in the src directory)
Component - Parallel
Parallel HDF5 (NOT thread-safety)
Priority - 1. High 🔼
These are important issues that should be resolved in the next release
Type - Bug / Bugfix
Please report security issues to [email protected] instead of creating an issue on GitHub
Milestone
REF: https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/blob/develop/testpar/t_filters_parallel.c#L10059-L10066
When the parallel compression tests (
testpar/t_filters_parallel.c
) are run with persistent free space management enabled, an infinite loop in the file free space managers will sometimes be encountered. Quick initial investigation seems to show this to be an issue where the same block of free space is getting repeatedly allocated and de-allocated, but more investigation is needed.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: