Re: [Gc] Debugging Help (X10i on OctoPOS)

Hi Andreas,

My suggestion is set data watch for vptr after it is allocated to find out which code modifies it after deallocation.

Regards,
Ivan 


Wed, 15 Jan 2014, 10:31 +01:00 from Andreas Zwinkau <[email protected]>:
> 
> I could use some help/hints for debugging a GC problem.
> 
> First some context: We use a modified X10 compiler (X10i) with a custom
> backend (libfirm). Compilation target is a custom operating system
> (OctoPOS), which in my case is running on top of Linux. We ported bdwgc
> (7.3alpha3) to use the corresponding OctoPOS API to stop the world etc.
> It works, except of the problem below.
> 
> For a longer running application we sometimes observe some memory
> corruption. (We mostly observe a deadlock, which might be symptom of the
> same bug or another bug.)
> 
> Using GC_DEBUG I sometimes get:
> GC_debug_free: found previously deallocated (?) object at e811eee0 in or
> near object at e811eee8(<smashed>, appr. sz = 133)
> 
> Occasionally it crashes on the following assert in malloc.c:270, which
> apparently checks that an address from the freelist is within the
> correct heap or NULL.
> 
>         GC_ASSERT(0 == obj_link(op)
>                   || ((word)obj_link(op)
>                         <= (word)GC_greatest_plausible_heap_addr
>                      && (word)obj_link(op)
>                         >= (word)GC_least_plausible_heap_addr));
> 
> Using gdb, I can see that "obj_link(op)" points to a vtable, which is
> not heap allocated but static data.
> 
> The vtable-pointer is at offset 0 in our objects. Object initialization
> follows the usual flow of "allocate;set vptr;call constructor". Hence my
> current theory: Either allocate does not remove the object from the
> freelist correctly or "set vptr" is performed on unallocated/freed memory.
> 
> Any tips how to proceed?
> 
> I foolishly closed the gdb session, so currently I am rerunning the app
> to trigger the assertion again. :-/
> 
> cheers
> --
> Andreas Zwinkau
> 
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