Strange glibc error while running grep

[jondolar]

I'm running the following command from the shell and I get a core dump and an error. It looks like there is a problem with the glibc module. Not sure if that means it did not compile properly or is damaged or if that means there is a memory problem. Here is the command I am running and the error:

root@secure [/home/bbentley]# grep -lir "/home/virtual" *
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x09421b38 ***
Aborted (core dumped)
root@secure [/home/bbentley]#

Anybody have any ideas?

I ran /scripts/cpup --force to force a download of the latest files. I wasn't sure if that included any files needed to rebuild glibc. Can someone provide guidance on that?

Thank you

 

[Manuel_accu]

hi,

try without using -l with grep as you are using recursive search and your kernel buffer is over else increase the line buffering from /proc parameter.

You could check below mentioned URLs:

http://forums.linuxwebadmin.info/index.php/topic,100.0.html

Using proc filesystem change your kernel default parameter.

http://forums.linuxwebadmin.info/index.php/topic,89.0.html


Thanks,

 

[jondolar]

Which Option

Thanks for the tip. Based on my error which specific option do you think I should look at and increase?

 

[jondolar]

Work around

I switched my script to use:
find . -type f

instead of grep

It's slower but at least it works.