R unstable and crashes after executing .C

Dear R listers,



I have developed a C function to be executed from R through the ".C" interface. After doing dyn.load, the function executes properly and I get the results. However, after executing my function, R seems to get unstable and crashes (giving a segmentation fault and exiting) whenever I try to do ANYTHING with a relatively large object (creating a new one or even just writing the name of an existing one).



I use R 2.4.0 under a Linux machine with 1 GB RAM. Below there is an example of execution, so you can get an idea of what is happening:



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dyn.load("my_C_module.so");

res <- .C("my_C_function",.....); #The function executes fine and res is ok

dyn.unload("my_C_module.so") #I know this isn't strictly necessary



#Here R is still running, but when I execute:



m <- matrix(0,1000,100); #I try to create a new object and R crashes



*** caught segfault ***

address 0x10, cause 'memory not mapped'



Traceback:

1: matrix(0, 1000, 100)



Possible actions:

1: abort (with core dump)

2: normal R exit

3: exit R without saving workspace

4: exit R saving workspace

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Although I tell R to abort and give me the core dump, it doesn't succeed in doing so.



I would be grateful if anyone could tell me what could be the problem with my C function that makes R behave this way?



Thank you very much in advance, and apologies for this long email.



Xavier Sol?.






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