Re: more on MT debugging

Pascal Bourguignon <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:53:59 +0100
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> On 14 Feb 2019, at 21:20, Don Cohen =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Pascal Bourguignon writes:
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>> Specifically, any function in the CL package can be called
>> internally thru other mechanisms than provided to the user code:
>> the C code can call directly the C implementation of the CL
>> functions, without passing thru the CL API. Hence TRACE is allowed
>> NOT to work in those cases!
> ...
>=20
>> Instead, you can use gdb to break on those C functions.
>=20
> I suppose that further, internal functions could be called from other=20=

> functions, e.g., intern might call internal functions in hashtabl.d,
> so it wouldn't be good enough to break only the external functions.
>=20
> Is the current theory that only the file hashtabl.d has to be fixed=20
> for MT ?  Would it be worth while to try my test with a gdb break on=20=

> every function in that file?
>=20
> Does anyone have any other suggestions for trying to track down the
> cause of a segfault once I can reproduce it? =20



Now, perhaps it would be a little difficult to apply to the sources of =
clisp, (would valgrind be appliable?), but I would start by compiling =
with a recent gcc (eg. gcc-8.2) using a whole complement of -fsanitize =
options, and correct all the problems found there first. I=E2=80=99d =
suggest the following as a basis.

sanitize_ld=3D(
        -fsanitize=3Dleak
)

sanitize_cc=3D(
    -fsanitize=3Daddress
    -fsanitize=3Dnull
    -fsanitize=3Dbounds
    -fsanitize=3Dvla-bound
    -fsanitize=3Dobject-size

    -fsanitize=3Dunreachable
    -fsanitize=3Dreturn # C++ only

    -fsanitize=3Dshift
    -fsanitize=3Dshift-exponent
    -fsanitize=3Dshift-base
    -fsanitize=3Dinteger-divide-by-zero
    -fsanitize=3Dsigned-integer-overflow

    -fsanitize=3Dfloat-divide-by-zero
    -fsanitize=3Dfloat-cast-overflow
    -fsanitize=3Dnonnull-attribute
    -fsanitize=3Dreturns-nonnull-attribute
    -fsanitize=3Dbool
    -fsanitize=3Denum
    -fsanitize=3Dvptr # C++ only


    -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
    -fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
    -fstack-protector-all
    -fstack-check
)


Once the program can be compiled and run successfully with those =
correction, to debug the remaining segfault, you would run it under gdb =
to be able to inspect the stack when the segfault occur, and try to =
locate the place in the source where it occured.  This may also be done =
on the core file, but it is easier to debug in a live process.

--=20
__Pascal J. Bourguignon__





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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On 14 Feb 2019, at 21:20, Don Cohen &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">Pascal Bourguignon writes:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">Specifically, any =
function in the CL package can be called<br class=3D"">internally thru =
other mechanisms than provided to the user code:<br class=3D"">the C =
code can call directly the C implementation of the CL<br =
class=3D"">functions, without passing thru the CL API. Hence TRACE is =
allowed<br class=3D"">NOT to work in those cases!<br =
class=3D""></blockquote>...<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><blockquote =
type=3D"cite" class=3D"">Instead, you can use gdb to break on those C =
functions.<br class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">I suppose that =
further, internal functions could be called from other <br =
class=3D"">functions, e.g., intern might call internal functions in =
hashtabl.d,<br class=3D"">so it wouldn't be good enough to break only =
the external functions.<br class=3D""><br class=3D"">Is the current =
theory that only the file hashtabl.d has to be fixed <br class=3D"">for =
MT ? &nbsp;Would it be worth while to try my test with a gdb break on =
<br class=3D"">every function in that file?<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D"">Does anyone have any other suggestions for trying to track =
down the<br class=3D"">cause of a segfault once I can reproduce it? =
&nbsp;<br class=3D""></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Now,=
 perhaps it would be a little difficult to apply to the sources of =
clisp, (would valgrind be appliable?), but I would start by compiling =
with a recent gcc (eg. gcc-8.2) using a whole complement of -fsanitize =
options, and correct all the problems found there first. I=E2=80=99d =
suggest the following as a basis.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">sanitize_ld=3D(</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dleak</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">)</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">sanitize_cc=3D(</font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Daddress</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fsanitize=3Dnull</font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dbounds</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fsanitize=3Dvla-bound</font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dobject-size</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dunreachable</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fsanitize=3Dreturn # C++ only</font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fsanitize=3Dshift</font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dshift-exponent</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dshift-base</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dinteger-divide-by-zero</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dsigned-integer-overflow</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D""><br class=3D""></font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dfloat-divide-by-zero</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dfloat-cast-overflow</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dnonnull-attribute</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Dreturns-nonnull-attribute</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fsanitize=3Dbool</font></div><div=
 class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize=3Denum</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fsanitize=3Dvptr # C++ only</font></div><div =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize-address-use-after-scope</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-fstack-protector-all</font></div><div class=3D""><font face=3D"Menlo" =
class=3D"">&nbsp; &nbsp; -fstack-check</font></div><div class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Menlo" class=3D"">)</font></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Once the program can be compiled and run successfully with =
those correction, to debug the remaining segfault, you would run it =
under gdb to be able to inspect the stack when the segfault occur, and =
try to locate the place in the source where it occured. &nbsp;This may =
also be done on the core file, but it is easier to debug in a live =
process.</div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
<div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: =
start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; =
text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: =
normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
class=3D"">--&nbsp;<br class=3D"">__Pascal J. Bourguignon__</div><div =
style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; =
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: =
break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" =
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