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Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:15:24 -0500
From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
Subject: Strange Core Dump Error Message on a FreeBSD6.3 System
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	I am running some C code I wrote on a couple of
FreeBSD6.3 systems, one of which has never exhibited this
message and the other has now done it twice in about 6 months.
The error is as follows:

mem.c:877: INSIST(ctx->stats[i].gets == 0U) failed.
Abort trap (core dumped)

	Something obviously is wrong regarding memory allocation
but why this one system?

	Is there anything I can look for in netstat -m that
might help me solve the puzzle?

Thanks.

Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group