The mudflap do not report an error in this func() when called from NPTL thread. Same error on main thread is reported as expected.
#include <pthread.h> void *func(void *arg) { void *a[1]; return a[2]; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { pthread_t tid; pthread_create(&tid, NULL, func, NULL); pthread_join(tid, NULL); return (int)func(NULL); } $ gcc -fmudflapth foo.c -lmudflapth -lpthread $ ./a.out ******* mudflap violation 1 (check/read): time=1231413729.194138 ptr=0xbfcc9030 size=12 pc=0x1f92a0 location=`foo.c:6:2 (func)' /usr/lib/libmudflapth.so.0(__mf_check+0x50) [0x1f92a0] ./a.out(func+0x97) [0x804884b] ./a.out(main+0x77) [0x80488e8] Nearby object 1: checked region begins 0B into and ends 8B after mudflap object 0x9a5ae88: name=`foo.c:5:8 (func) a' bounds=[0xbfcc9030,0xbfcc9033] size=4 area=stack check=3r/0w liveness=3 alloc time=1231413729.194135 pc=0x1f89c0 thread=3087742672 number of nearby objects: 1 $ rpm -q gcc gcc-4.3.0-8.i386 With -trace-calls: $ MUDFLAP_OPTIONS=-trace-calls ./a.out mf(3086894800): set options from `-trace-calls' ... mf(3086894800): pthread_create mf(3086894800): mmap mf(3086894800): register ptr=0xb75e3000 size=4096 type=2 name='mmap page' ... mf(3086894800): register ptr=0xb7fe3000 size=4096 type=2 name='mmap page' mf(3086894800): calloc mf(3086894800): register ptr=0x9830cb8 size=144 type=2 name='calloc region' mf(3086891920): register ptr=0xb7fe3b54 size=4 type=5 name='errno area (thread)' mf(3086891920): register ptr=0xb7fe3370 size=4 type=3 name='foo.c:5:8 (func) a' mf(3086891920): check ptr=0xb7fe3370 b=220 size=12 read location=`foo.c:6:2 (func)' mf(3086891920): unregister ptr=0xb7fe3370 size=4 type=3 mf(3086891920): unregister ptr=0xb7fe3b54 size=4 type=5 mf(3086891920): free mf(3086894800): register ptr=0xbf9f9540 size=4 type=3 name='foo.c:5:8 (func) a' mf(3086894800): check ptr=0xbf9f9540 b=336 size=12 read location=`foo.c:6:2 (func)' mf(3086894800): violation pc=0x1f92a0 location=foo.c:6:2 (func) type=1 ptr=0xbf9f9540 size=12 ******* mudflap violation 1 (check/read): time=1231413750.233228 ptr=0xbf9f9540 size=12 pc=0x1f92a0 location=`foo.c:6:2 (func)' ... As this log shows, "ptr=0xb7fe3370 size=12" does not cause violation because stack of NPTL thread is in mmapped area. In the past, it seems mudflap wrapper for pthread_create allocate its own thread stack, but the code was removed a while ago. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-07/msg01100.html I'm not sure this problem could happen at that time. -- Summary: mudflap cannot detect errors on stack of nptl thread Product: gcc Version: 4.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libmudflap AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: anemo at mba dot ocn dot ne dot jp GCC target triplet: *-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38766