A co-worker testing MySQL 4 on NetBSD/amd64 was having trouble with random
crashes. He tracked the crashes down to mf_radix.c:radixsort_for_str_ptr(), and
handed the problem off to me for further analysis.
I cut down mf_radix.c (attached to this bug report), and looked at the code
generated with "gcc -O2 -S mf_radix.c". It appears that the memory for local
variables is not accounted for entirely correctly. There are 1024+ bytes of
local variables, but the stack pointer (%rsp) is only adjusted by 912 bytes.
And it appears local variable "count" is referenced before the stack pointer
(-120(%rsp)).
I believe, but have not yet confirmed, that the crashes occur because something
in NetBSD's thread/task switch code is overwriting the values below the stack
pointer assuming that it is free for temporary use. This may also effect other
systems --I've done the same in embedded kernels I've written in the past.
NetBSD 2.0RC4 uses a modified version of gcc 3.3.3, so I have confirmed that the
problem still exists with unmodified gcc 3.3.5. Linking in versions of
mf_radix.c compiled without optimization or with gcc 3.4 eliminates the crashes.
My attempts to build MySQL 4 entirely with gcc 3.4.X have not been successful,
but I have not had enough time to investigate why.
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Summary: generated code uses memory beyond allocated stack frame.
Product: gcc
Version: 3.3.5
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: c
AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
ReportedBy: jtc at acorntoolworks dot com
CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
GCC host triplet: i386-netbsd
GCC target triplet: amd64-netbsd
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18260
