Debugging a Program With dbx

Misaligned Read (mar)


Problem: Attempt to read data from an address without proper alignment.
Possible causes: Reading 2, 4, or 8 bytes from an address that is not half-word-aligned, word-aligned, or double-word-aligned, respectively.
		char *s = "hello world";
		int *i = (int *)&s[1];
		int j;

		j = *i;					/* Misaligned read (mar) */