On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 3:47 AM <zhihongx.p...@intel.com> wrote:
>
> From: Zhihong Peng <zhihongx.p...@intel.com>
>
> AddressSanitizer (ASan) is a google memory error detect
> standard tool. It could help to detect use-after-free and
> {heap,stack,global}-buffer overflow bugs in C/C++ programs,
> print detailed error information when error happens, large
> improve debug efficiency.
>
> By referring to its implementation algorithm
> (https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizerAlgorithm),
> enable heap-buffer-overflow and use-after-free functions on dpdk.
> DPDK ASAN function currently only supports on Linux x86_64.
>
> Here is an example of heap-buffer-overflow bug:
> ......
> char *p = rte_zmalloc(NULL, 7, 0);
> p[7] = 'a';
> ......
>
> Here is an example of use-after-free bug:
> ......
> char *p = rte_zmalloc(NULL, 7, 0);
> rte_free(p);
> *p = 'a';
> ......
>
Unfortunately, this won't build with some (too smart) compilers.
Can you look at the CI report?
Thanks.
> If you want to use this feature,
> you need to add below compilation options when compiling code:
> -Dbuildtype=debug -Db_lundef=false -Db_sanitize=address
> "-Dbuildtype=debug": Display code information when coredump occurs
> in the program.
> "-Db_lundef=false": It is enabled by default, and needs to be
> disabled when using asan.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xueqin Lin <xueqin....@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhihong Peng <zhihongx.p...@intel.com>
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David Marchand
