Misaligned Write (maw) Error

Problem: Attempt to write data to an address without proper alignment.

Possible causes: Writing 2, 4, or 8 bytes to an address that is not half-word-aligned, word-aligned, or double-word-aligned, respectively.

Example:

char *s = “hello world”;
int *i = (int *)&s[1];

*i = 0;                    /* Misaligned write (maw) */