On February 27, 2015 12:42:43 PM GMT+01:00, Thomas Preud'homme
<thomas.preudho...@arm.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In df_finish_pass, optional problems are removed manually making non
>null
>entries in df->problems_in_order non contiguous. This may lead to null
>pointer
>dereference when accessing all problems from df->problems_in_order[0]
>to
>df->problems_in_order[df->num_problems_defined - 1] and miss some other
>problems. Such a scenario was actually encountered when working on a
>patch.
>This patch use the existing function df_remove_problem to do the
>deletion,
>which require iterating on problems via the df->problems_by_index[]
>array
>since each call mess up with df->num_problems_defined and order of
>problems in df->problems_in_order[].
>
>ChangeLog entry is as follows:
>
>2015-02-12 Thomas Preud'homme <thomas.preudho...@arm.com>
>
> * df-core.c (df_finish_pass): Iterate over df->problems_by_index[] and
> use df_remove_problem rather than manually removing problems, living
leaving
Thanks,
> holes in df->problems_in_order[].
>
>diff --git a/gcc/df-core.c b/gcc/df-core.c
>index 82f1364..67040a1 100644
>--- a/gcc/df-core.c
>+++ b/gcc/df-core.c
>@@ -642,7 +642,6 @@ void
> df_finish_pass (bool verify ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
> {
> int i;
>- int removed = 0;
>
> #ifdef ENABLE_DF_CHECKING
> int saved_flags;
>@@ -658,21 +657,15 @@ df_finish_pass (bool verify ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
> saved_flags = df->changeable_flags;
> #endif
>
>- for (i = 0; i < df->num_problems_defined; i++)
>+ /* We iterate over problems by index as each problem removed will
>+ lead to problems_in_order to be reordered. */
>+ for (i = 0; i < DF_LAST_PROBLEM_PLUS1; i++)
> {
>- struct dataflow *dflow = df->problems_in_order[i];
>- struct df_problem *problem = dflow->problem;
>+ struct dataflow *dflow = df->problems_by_index[i];
>
>- if (dflow->optional_p)
>- {
>- gcc_assert (problem->remove_problem_fun);
>- (problem->remove_problem_fun) ();
>- df->problems_in_order[i] = NULL;
>- df->problems_by_index[problem->id] = NULL;
>- removed++;
>- }
>+ if (dflow && dflow->optional_p)
>+ df_remove_problem (dflow);
> }
>- df->num_problems_defined -= removed;
>
> /* Clear all of the flags. */
> df->changeable_flags = 0;
>
>
>Testsuite was run with a bootstrapped x86_64 native compiler and an
>arm-none-eabi GCC cross-compiler targetting Cortex-M3 without any
>regression.
>
>Although the problem is real, it doesn't seem that GCC hits it now
>(I stumbled upon it while working on a patch). Therefore I'm not sure
>if this should go in stage4 or not. Please advise me on this.
>
>Ok for trunk/stage1?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Thomas
