Re: [ROOT] problems with compiled TMapFile app

From: Fons Rademakers (Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch)
Date: Mon Feb 09 2004 - 23:03:14 MET


Hi Robert,

 please make sure that libNew.so is the first of all libs, to do that
use "root-config --new --glibs"

Cheers, Fons.



On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 16:28, Robert Michaels wrote:
> Using ROOT 3.05-07 with gcc 3.2.3 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3
> and the same problem occurs with ROOT 3.10-02 (same gcc and RedHat).
> 
> My problem is with the following TMapFile example.  Although it does work
> successfully as a macro run under rootn.exe, the compiled code gives an
> error message and does not produce a map file. A similar problem was 
> reported by Jianglai Liu in roottalk Nov 18, 2003, but with no resolution.
> 
> 1. First, here is what works:
> 
>   rootn.exe
>   root [0] .x hprod.cxx
> 
>   (--> Everything fine, the mapfile "hsimple.map" is created and
>        contains a histogram.)
> 
> 2. Here is what does NOT work -- produces no map file
> 
>   ./hprod
>   Error in <TMapFile::TMapFile>: no memory mapped file capability available
>   Use rootn.exe or link application against "-lNew"
> 
>   (--> But it was linked to lNew, see below.  Also $LD_LIBRARY_PATH and
>    $ROOTSYS are correct.)
> 
> The question is why does the compiled version fail if I did in fact
> link against "-lNew" ?  Another hint is that on another RH distribution 
> (RH 8.0 with gcc 3.2.3 and the above versions of ROOT) the compiled code 
> does successfully run with the same Makefile.  So, it may be difficult
> to reproduce since it does work on some systems. 
> 
> Details:
> 
> Here is the successful macro "hprod.cxx"
> 
>   {  // macro version (run in rootn.exe)
> 
>   // Set the map address as per instructions (using rootn.exe)
>   // http://root.cern.ch/lxr/source/base/src/TMapFile.cxx#1065
>     TMapFile::SetMapAddress(0x41d92000);
> 
>     TMapFile* mfile = TMapFile::Create("hsimple.map","RECREATE", 100000,
>                             "Demo memory mapped file with histograms");
>   
>      TH1F* hpx    = new TH1F("hpx","This is the px distribution",100,-4,4);
>    
>      Float_t px, py;
>      int ii = 0;
>      while (1) {
>        gRandom->Rannor(px,py);
>        hpx->Fill(px);
>        if (!(ii % 100)) {
>          mfile->Update(); 
>          cout << "Update "<<ii<<endl;      
>        }   
>        ii++;
>        gSystem->Sleep(40);
>      }
>   }
> 
> 
> ----------------
> And here is the source of the compiled code (identical to macro
> except for header stuff)
> 
> #include <TROOT.h>
> #include <TMapFile.h>
> #include <TH1.h>
> #include <iostream>
> #include <TRandom.h>
> #include <TSystem.h>
> 
> using namespace std;
> int main()
> {
> 
> // Set the map address as per instructions (using rootn.exe)
> // http://root.cern.ch/lxr/source/base/src/TMapFile.cxx#1065
>   TMapFile::SetMapAddress(0x41d92000);
> 
>   TMapFile* mfile = TMapFile::Create("hsimple.map","RECREATE", 100000,
>                             "Demo memory mapped file with histograms");
>   
>    TH1F* hpx    = new TH1F("hpx","This is the px distribution",100,-4,4);
>    
>    Float_t px, py;
>    int ii = 0;
>    while (1) {
>      gRandom->Rannor(px,py);
>      hpx->Fill(px);
>      if (!(ii % 100)) {
>        mfile->Update(); 
>        cout << "Update "<<ii<<endl;      
>      }   
>      ii++;
>      gSystem->Sleep(40);
>    }
> }
> 
> 
> ---------------------
> And here is the (simplified) Makefile for the compiled code
> 
> ROOTCFLAGS    = $(shell root-config --cflags)
> ROOTLIBS      = $(shell root-config --libs) 
> ROOTLIBS      += $(ROOTSYS)/lib/libNew.so
> ROOTGLIBS     = $(shell root-config --glibs) 
> ROOTGLIBS     += $(ROOTSYS)/lib/libNew.so
> 
> CXXFLAGS      = -O -Wall -fPIC -I$(ROOTSYS)/include -g
> CC = g++
> OPTIM=  
> CXXFLAGS +=$(ROOTCFLAGS)
> LIBS = $(LIBM) $(ROOTLIBS) $(ROOTGLIBS)
> hprod:   hprod.o
> 	$(CC) $(CXXFLAGS) -o hprod hprod.o $(LIBS)
> 
> 
> ---------------------
> And here is what the compilation says (it seems "-lNew" is linked)
> 
> rm *.o ; make
> g++ -O -Wall -fPIC -I/apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/include -g -D_REENTRANT -I/apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/include -c hprod.C
> g++ -O -Wall -fPIC -I/apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/include -g -D_REENTRANT -I/apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/include -o hprod hprod.o  -L/apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/lib -lCore -lCint -lHist -lGraf -lGraf3d -lGpad -lTree -lRint -lPostscript -lMatrix -lPhysics -lpthread -lm -ldl -rdynamic  /apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/lib/libNew.so -L/apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/lib -lCore -lCint -lHist -lGraf -lGraf3d -lGpad -lTree -lRint -lPostscript -lMatrix -lPhysics -lGui -lpthread -lm -ldl -rdynamic  /apps/root/3.05-07-gcc3.2.3/root/lib/libNew.so
> 
> ----
> thanks !
> Bob Michaels
> Jefferson Lab
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