Memory allocation for a matrix in C
- by Snogzvwtr
Why is the following code resulting in Segmentation fault? (I'm trying to create two matrices of the same size, one with static and the other with dynamic allocation)
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//Segmentation fault!
int main(){
#define X 5000
#define Y 6000
int i;
int a[X][Y];
int** b = (int**) malloc(sizeof(int*) * X);
for(i=0; i<X; i++){
b[i] = malloc (sizeof(int) * Y);
}
}
Weirdly enough, if I comment out one of the matrix definitions, the code runs fine. Like this:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//No Segmentation fault!
int main(){
#define X 5000
#define Y 6000
int i;
//int a[X][Y];
int** b = (int**) malloc(sizeof(int*) * X);
for(i=0; i<X; i++){
b[i] = malloc (sizeof(int) * Y);
}
}
or
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
//No Segmentation fault!
int main(){
#define X 5000
#define Y 6000
int i;
int a[X][Y];
//int** b = (int**) malloc(sizeof(int*) * X);
//for(i=0; i<X; i++){
// b[i] = malloc (sizeof(int) * Y);
//}
}
I'm running gcc on Linux on a 32-bit machine.
