hi,

in mc_heavy_ion, the main athena job appears to run fine, but then a post-job file validation seg faults (today and yesterday):

py:rawtoesd          info transform timer start [outputesdfile validation] wall-time: tue sep 06 06:49:48 2011 cest, vmem: 106.75390625 mb, rss: 66.9765625 mb
tree ##shapes: 120 event(s) ok
tree ##links: 367 event(s) ok
tree ##params: 4 event(s) ok
fatal 2011-sep-06 06:50:07 [static void ers::errorhandler::signalhandler::action(int, siginfo_t*, void*) at ers/src/errorhandler.cxx:89] got signal 11 segmentation fault (invalid memory reference)
	parameters = 'name=segmentation fault (invalid memory reference)' 'signum=11' 
	qualifiers = 'ers' 
	host = lxbrb2204.cern.ch
	user = rtt (24039)
	process id = 12052
	thread id = 12052
	process wd = /pool/lsf/rtt/167464868

full log file:

https://atlasrtt.cern.ch/rtt/rel_2/17.0.x.y-val/build/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt/offline/recjobtransformtests/mc_heavy_ion/mc_heavy_ion_log

command to reproduce:

original job transform command:
/afs/cern.ch/atlas/software/builds/nightlies/17.0.x.y-val/atlasproduction/rel_2/installarea/share/bin/reco_trf.py inputrdofile=root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000010.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000036.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000120.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000155.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000197.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000225.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000256.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000341.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000473.pool.root.1,root://castoratlas//castor/cern.ch/atlas/atlascerngroupdisk/phys-rig/mc10_7tev.208801.hijing_pbpb_2p75tev_minbias.digit.rdo.e511_s958_s962_d360_tid172524_00/rdo.172524._000487.pool.root.1 outputesdfile=esd.pool.root outputaodfile=aod.pool.root maxevents=300 preinclude=recjobtransforms/heavyionrecconfig.py triggerconfig=mcreco:mc_initialbeam_hi_v1_no_prescale autoconfiguration=everything 

hints on bug solving:

https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/atlas/recbuginvestigation

cheers,

mark
