[Paraview] segmentation fault with netCDF when loading state file

Ryan Abernathey ryan.abernathey at gmail.com
Tue Oct 27 13:16:02 EDT 2015


David,
Thanks for your investigation. I will be able to try this tomorrow. The
original issue was with Paraview 4.3.1. We recently built the latest
master, so I will be able to confirm whether it was fixed in between.
Best,
Ryan



On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:23 AM, David Lonie <david.lonie at kitware.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ryan,
>
> I'm looking into this issue.
>
> I download the sample data you provided, and the state file loads and
> renders fine for me with the current (as of this morning) master branch of
> ParaView. What version of ParaView are you using? Can you test the latest
> master branch? It appears that whatever the bug was, it has been fixed.
>
> Dave
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Aashish Chaudhary <
> aashish.chaudhary at kitware.com> wrote:
>
>> Ryan,
>>
>> would it be possible for you to share a sample dataset? The NetCDF reader
>> has fails to read data in certain corner cases but without having the data
>> to reproduce the issue it is kind of little tricky to get to the problem.
>>
>> - Aashish
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Ryan Abernathey <
>> ryan.abernathey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone have any feedback on this issue?
>>>
>>> I have no idea how to debug or continue. I will have to abandon paraview
>>> for my project unless I can get some help somehow.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Ryan Abernathey
>>> Assistant Professor
>>> Columbia University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
>>> Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Division of Ocean & Climate Physics
>>> 205 C Oceanography
>>> 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
>>> Palisades, NY 10964-8000
>>> http://rabernat.github.io
>>> rpa at ldeo.columbia.edu
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Ryan Abernathey <
>>> ryan.abernathey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am extremely frustrated and stuck on this problem. Any advice would
>>>> be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> I am working with a dataset of 2400 sequentially numbered netCDF files
>>>> (generic & CF conventions).
>>>>
>>>> In a fresh pipeline, Paraview is able to recognizes these files as a
>>>> single source and load them correctly. I then create a standard pipeline
>>>> involving various filters (contour, etc., nothing funny) and save a state
>>>> file.
>>>>
>>>> When I attempt to load the state file, I get the following segmentation
>>>> fault. Further down you can see a ncdump of the offending file.
>>>>
>>>> Would appreciate any advice on how to debug / overcome this issue. Is
>>>> it a bug? It sure feels like one...
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Ryan Abernathey
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: In
>>>> /home/kitware/Dashboards/MyTests/NightlyMaster/ParaViewSuperbuild-Release/paraview/src/paraview/VTK/IO/NetCDF/vtkNetCDFReader.cxx,
>>>> line 822
>>>> vtkNetCDFCFReader (0x55c0620): netCDF Error: NetCDF: Index exceeds
>>>> dimension bound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: In
>>>> /home/kitware/Dashboards/MyTests/NightlyMaster/ParaViewSuperbuild-Release/paraview/src/paraview/VTK/Common/ExecutionModel/vtkExecutive.cxx,
>>>> line 784
>>>> vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (0x5be23d0): Algorithm
>>>> vtkFileSeriesReader(0x4c0c3e0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation
>>>> (0x8141700)
>>>>   Debug: Off
>>>>   Modified Time: 999905
>>>>   Reference Count: 1
>>>>   Registered Events: (none)
>>>>   Request: REQUEST_DATA
>>>>   FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
>>>>   FROM_OUTPUT_PORT: 0
>>>>   ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ERROR: In
>>>> /home/kitware/Dashboards/MyTests/NightlyMaster/ParaViewSuperbuild-Release/paraview/src/paraview/VTK/Common/ExecutionModel/vtkExecutive.cxx,
>>>> line 784
>>>> vtkCompositeDataPipeline (0x744fde0): Algorithm
>>>> vtkPVGeometryFilter(0x7436500) returned failure for request: vtkInformation
>>>> (0x5737250)
>>>>   Debug: Off
>>>>   Modified Time: 999943
>>>>   Reference Count: 1
>>>>   Registered Events: (none)
>>>>   Request: REQUEST_DATA_OBJECT
>>>>   FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
>>>>   FROM_OUTPUT_PORT: 0
>>>>   ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------
>>>> $ ncdump -h rce_rrtm303x512dx3f20_512x512x64_3km_12s_128_0000000300.nc
>>>> netcdf rce_rrtm303x512dx3f20_512x512x64_3km_12s_128_0000000300 {
>>>> dimensions:
>>>>     x = 512 ;
>>>>     y = 512 ;
>>>>     z = 64 ;
>>>>     time = UNLIMITED ; // (1 currently)
>>>> variables:
>>>>     float x(x) ;
>>>>         x:units = "m" ;
>>>>     float y(y) ;
>>>>         y:units = "m" ;
>>>>     float z(z) ;
>>>>         z:units = "m" ;
>>>>         z:long_name = "height" ;
>>>>     float time(time) ;
>>>>         time:units = "d" ;
>>>>         time:long_name = "time" ;
>>>>     float p(z) ;
>>>>         p:units = "mb" ;
>>>>         p:long_name = "pressure" ;
>>>>     float zi(z) ;
>>>>         zi:units = "m" ;
>>>>         zi:long_name = "intfc_ht" ;
>>>>     float U(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         U:long_name = "X Wind
>>>> Component                                                                " ;
>>>>         U:units = "m/s       " ;
>>>>     float V(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         V:long_name = "Y Wind
>>>> Component                                                                " ;
>>>>         V:units = "m/s       " ;
>>>>     float W(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         W:long_name = "Z Wind
>>>> Component                                                                " ;
>>>>         W:units = "m/s       " ;
>>>>     float PP(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         PP:long_name = "Pressure
>>>> Perturbation                                                           " ;
>>>>         PP:units = "Pa        " ;
>>>>     float QRAD(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         QRAD:long_name = "Radiative heating
>>>> rate                                                          " ;
>>>>         QRAD:units = "K/day     " ;
>>>>     float TABS(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         TABS:long_name = "Absolute
>>>> Temperature                                                            " ;
>>>>         TABS:units = "K         " ;
>>>>     float QV(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         QV:long_name = "Water
>>>> Vapor                                                                     "
>>>> ;
>>>>         QV:units = "g/kg      " ;
>>>>     float QN(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         QN:long_name = "Non-precipitating Condensate
>>>> (Water+Ice)                                        " ;
>>>>         QN:units = "g/kg      " ;
>>>>     float QP(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         QP:long_name = "Precipitating Water
>>>> (Rain+Snow)                                                 " ;
>>>>         QP:units = "g/kg      " ;
>>>>     float LQRAD(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         LQRAD:long_name = "LW Radiative heating
>>>> rate                                                       " ;
>>>>         LQRAD:units = "K/day     " ;
>>>>     float SQRAD(time, z, y, x) ;
>>>>         SQRAD:long_name = "SW Radiative heating
>>>> rate                                                       " ;
>>>>         SQRAD:units = "K/day     " ;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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