Segmentation fault with vtkGeometryFilter on 4 threads

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Dear Experts,

I have a vtu file containing a mesh composed of hexahedrons and polyhedrons. When I try to use vtkGeometryFilter() on this data it results in segmentation fault. I have included a MWE via python that can be downloaded form (http://dl.free.fr/jstNegHHL).

I know that the vtkGeometryFilter() has been threaded, so when I set number of threads to 1, 2, or 3 using OMP_NUM_THREADS I do not face any problem, but when the number of threads is set to more than 4, I get segmentation fault. This behavior can be replicated on CentOS7 and Fedora 30 machines using the recent VTK release that ships with ParaView 5.9.

Have I stumbled upon a potential bug ?

PS: I was not able to attach a file as I am a new user to this forum (“Sorry, new users can not upload attachments.”), hence the vtu and python were uploaded to http://dl.free.fr/jstNegHHL

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Yes, I believe that this is the bug you encountered, which Timothée has identified and is fixing now:
https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/7948#note_952312

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Wow this must be the quickest response that I have got on any development forum!!! Thank you for this quick response. I will wait for the fix. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hello,

I have tested the fix proposed by Timothée Couble (https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/commit/2cafded94c65102d103c43e60ddfc0d5ea361fb9), I confirm that it solves the issues that I was facing.

Thank you Will Schroeder for pointing me towards the fix.

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Excellent thanks for letting us know