Test for ticket #551 part of r5140

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
index c28a7db3f..d0fe5f6c0 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_regression.py
@@ -1016,6 +1016,14 @@ class TestRegression(NumpyTestCase):
         """Test for changeset r5065"""
         assert_array_equal(np.array([np.nan]), np.asfarray([None]))
 
+    def check_dot_alignment_sse2(self, level=rlevel):
+        """Test for ticket #551, changeset r5140"""
+        x = np.zeros((30,40))
+        y = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(x))
+        # y is now typically not aligned on a 8-byte boundary
+        z = np.ones((1, y.shape[0]))
+        # This shouldn't cause a segmentation fault:
+        np.dot(z, y)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     NumpyTest().run()