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Offline Jenna

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cc-branch crashes on linux
« on: August 22, 2010, 10:27:12 pm »
The cc-branch crashes reproucible on linux, if <wx/hashmap.h> is parsed.
Ther crash happens in wxString Tokenizer::ReadToEOL(bool nestBraces, bool stripUnneeded) when #define _WX_DECLARE_HASHTABLE( [...] is parsed.

After many debugging I found the cause.
Normally if we reach the backslash before the EOL, the space(s) before the backslash and the backslash itself are removed from buffer by decrementing the pointer p and after that moving to the next char:
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while (*(--p) <= _T(' ') && p > buffer)

In some rare cases we just appended the buffer to the return-string and set the temporary pointer p to the beginning of buffer. If we now decrement p and look if the character it points to is less or equal ' ' we get a segfault.
The same might happen some lines later.

This can only happen if the buffer is smaller than the line and if the next character (after appending buffer to str) is the backslash before the EOL.

I attach a project wher this happens (at least on linux 64-bit), I just copied the define of _WX_DECLARE_HASHTABLE into main.cpp and removed everything else.

The following patch avoids that problem, but it seems to change the behaviou alittle bit (for a simple hello-world project one file more is parsed, but less tokens are found).
Another approach would be to leave everything as it is, but do it only if p is greater than buffer and if it is not (buffer has already been appended to str), remove the trailing spaces from str.
It's also easy to do, but I am not sure whether it is needed, or if we can leave the spaces.

It would be nice if the cc-gurus can have alook at the patch:

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Index: src/plugins/codecompletion/parser/tokenizer.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/plugins/codecompletion/parser/tokenizer.cpp (Revision 6508)
+++ src/plugins/codecompletion/parser/tokenizer.cpp (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -410,13 +410,13 @@
                 break;
             else
             {
-                while (*(--p) <= _T(' ') && p > buffer)
+                while ((p > buffer) && *(--p) <= _T(' '))
                     ;
                 MoveToNextChar();
             }
         }
 
-        while (*(p - 1) <= _T(' ') && --p > buffer)
+        while (p > buffer && *(--p) <= _T(' '))
             ;
         str.Append(buffer, p - buffer);
 

The attached patch is the same as above, but with abuild-fix and a correction of slashes in the unix project-file.

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 06:10:10 am »
Thank Jens!

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 06:19:44 am »
Hi, Jens, can you give me a favor?
In Ubuntu 10.04, if apply this patch, will lead C::B can not load libcodecompletion.so.
I check it more times, but i can not find the reason.
I need you help. ^_^
« Last Edit: August 24, 2010, 12:46:10 am by Loaden »

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2010, 07:37:45 am »
WOW, I got the reason.
THAT IS: We must add "classnavigator.cpp/h" to project!!
Solved now!
« Last Edit: August 23, 2010, 07:39:58 am by Loaden »

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2010, 08:03:53 am »
The following patch avoids that problem, but it seems to change the behaviou alittle bit (for a simple hello-world project one file more is parsed, but less tokens are found).
Ooops - sounds weired. You mean for a single file "Hello World" project?! :shock:

@Loaden: What could be the reason for this?!
Compiler logging: Settings->Compiler & Debugger->tab "Other"->Compiler logging="Full command line"
C::B Manual: https://www.codeblocks.org/docs/main_codeblocks_en.html
C::B FAQ: https://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=FAQ

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2010, 08:13:17 am »
The following patch avoids that problem, but it seems to change the behaviou alittle bit (for a simple hello-world project one file more is parsed, but less tokens are found).
Ooops - sounds weired. You mean for a single file "Hello World" project?! :shock:

@Loaden: What could be the reason for this?!
I am a little busy, will comment later.

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2010, 09:17:49 am »
Another approach would be to leave everything as it is, but do it only if p is greater than buffer and if it is not (buffer has already been appended to str), remove the trailing spaces from str.
Next patch, this time it generates the exactly same tokens-tree, -list, include-dirs and file-list:
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Index: src/plugins/codecompletion/parser/tokenizer.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/plugins/codecompletion/parser/tokenizer.cpp (Revision 6508)
+++ src/plugins/codecompletion/parser/tokenizer.cpp (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -410,14 +410,34 @@
                 break;
             else
             {
-                while (*(--p) <= _T(' ') && p > buffer)
-                    ;
+                // only work with p if the buffer is not just appended (p==buffer)
+                // otherwise remove the traling spaces from str (avoid segfault on linux in rare cases)
+                if(p > buffer)
+                {
+                    while (*(--p) <= _T(' ') && p > buffer)
+                        ;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    while(!str.IsEmpty() && str.Last() <= _T(' '))
+                        str.RemoveLast();
+                }
                 MoveToNextChar();
             }
         }
 
-        while (*(p - 1) <= _T(' ') && --p > buffer)
-            ;
+        // only work with p if the buffer is not just appended (p==buffer)
+        // otherwise remove the traling spaces from str (avoid segfault on linux in rare cases)
+        if(p > buffer)
+        {
+            while (*(p - 1) <= _T(' ') && --p > buffer)
+                    ;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            while(!str.IsEmpty() && str.Last() <= _T(' '))
+                str.RemoveLast();
+        }
         str.Append(buffer, p - buffer);
 
         TRACE(_T("ReadToEOL(): (END) We are now at line %d, CurrentChar='%c', PreviousChar='%c', NextChar='%c'"),

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2010, 09:20:52 am »
The following patch avoids that problem, but it seems to change the behaviou alittle bit (for a simple hello-world project one file more is parsed, but less tokens are found).
I'm back.
Need changed to:
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-        while (*(p - 1) <= _T(' ') && --p > buffer)
-            ;
+        while (p > buffer && *(p - 1) <= _T(' '))
+            --p;

This patch fixed crash in ReadParentheses too.
And do some simple optimization.

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2010, 09:36:11 am »
Tested and confirmed, no crash and identical tokens-list etc. for test-project.

Thank you for the quick fix !

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2010, 07:45:28 pm »
I don't know if it is related, or already fixed by above mentioned patch, but for me CB is crashing also a lot.
Whenever I have method call for example, and just before the closing ')' of the call I press comma (,) CB dies on me (well never comes back and I have to kill it).

x.foo(1,2,3);  --> before the ) and after the 3 press comma and it crashes.

Other way to reproduce. Have CB create a console application,

Go to the line of void main(), and try to type "int argc," , once the "," has been typed --> crash.

Can the above path be committed to cc branch.

PS : I am on linux

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2010, 09:15:00 pm »
I just svn updated (cc branch and rev 6522) and the problem still occurs. Anyone else can reproduce this ?

EDIT : I did even a make clean && make : no luck, issue remains.
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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2010, 12:49:38 am »
I don't know if it is related, or already fixed by above mentioned patch, but for me CB is crashing also a lot.
Whenever I have method call for example, and just before the closing ')' of the call I press comma (,) CB dies on me (well never comes back and I have to kill it).

x.foo(1,2,3);  --> before the ) and after the 3 press comma and it crashes.

Other way to reproduce. Have CB create a console application,

Go to the line of void main(), and try to type "int argc," , once the "," has been typed --> crash.

Can the above path be committed to cc branch.

PS : I am on linux
This is another issue.
I will fix it soon, please waiting.

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2010, 02:47:58 am »
Fixed!

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2010, 07:00:18 am »
I can confirm this patch fixes the issue. Bring it on the cc branch ;-)

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Re: cc-branch crashes on linux
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2010, 11:00:14 am »
today, already had a lot of other crashes.
From the log xml, this is the stack part (all crashes resulted in the same dump like this) :
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  <stack>
    <frame level="0"/>
    <frame level="1" function="NativeParser::OnEditorActivatedTimer(wxTimerEvent&amp;)" offset="0000024d"/>
    <frame level="2" function="wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatches(wxEventTableEntryBase const&amp;, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&amp;)" offset="00000055"/>
    <frame level="3" function="wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&amp;, wxEvtHandler*)" offset="000000ac"/>
    <frame level="4" function="wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&amp;)" offset="000000b4"/>
    <frame level="5" function="wxTimerBase::Notify()" offset="0000006e"/>
    <frame level="6"/>
    <frame level="7"/>
    <frame level="8" function="g_main_context_dispatch" offset="000001f3"/>
    <frame level="9"/>
    <frame level="10" function="g_main_loop_run" offset="00000195"/>
    <frame level="11" function="gtk_main" offset="000000a7"/>
    <frame level="12" function="wxEventLoop::Run()" offset="00000048"/>
    <frame level="13" function="wxAppBase::MainLoop()" offset="0000004b"/>
  </stack>

Hopefully this can be fixed.

I also have the *feeling* that cc works less good then before. Several times nothing comes up, where I think in the past it did. As said : a *feeling*.


EDIT : I found a way to reproduce this in my working environment (didn't try with a small project).
So I have a workspace with several projects, some files of these projects are open. I drag and drop a cpp file to CB (this file doesn't belong to any of the projects). CB shows the file.
Then I select the tab of one of those other open files (which are part of the project). All still is ok, then I select the tab of the "open non project file" --> crash.

EDIT 2 : tried this with a small project (generated by CB), and same recipe as in the EDIT above.
« Last Edit: August 24, 2010, 11:07:27 am by killerbot »