What is the true error in the variable declaration place? Variable error

So, I have the following code:

int main(void){

    float host_sums[numberofBlocks];

    float *dev_sums;

    float totalSum = 0.0f;

    cudaMalloc((void**)&dev_sums, sizeof(float) * totalofThreads);

    __solve_trap<<<numberofBlocks, numberofThreads>>>(A,B,dev_sums);

    cudaMemcpy(host_sums, dev_sums, sizeof(float) * totalofThreads,    cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);

    for(int i = 0; i < numberofBlocks; i++) totalSum += host_sums[i]; //Error->*

    totalSum -= trap_error;

    printf("%f",totalSum);

    cudaFree(dev_sums); 

    return 0;

}

When i run the program, i’ve got an error: ‘*’ are adding a nonzero number with host_sums[i]. I debugged the program, but after the cudaMemcpy, totalSum <> 0, so if i put float totalSum = 0 after that memcpy, it doesnt give me any error, immediately before the call to cudaMemcpy, I have totalSum==0, but immediately after it I have totalSum!=0

So, what’s the really problem initializing variables after any cudaMemcpy? what causes this error?

Edit: I had and error

cudaMemcpy(host_sums, dev_sums, sizeof(float) * numberofBlocks,    cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);

is the correct line

Hi,
My bet is that “numberofBlocks”!=“totalofThreads”. And since “host_sums” has a size of “numberofBlocks” and “dev_sums” has a size of “totalofThreads” (which I suspect is an error), and that moreover, you indeed copy back “totalofThreads” results from the device into this poor little “dev_sums”, this last one just explodes.