#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> // Do a test comparison. By default memcheck does not use the // expensive EQ/NE scheme as it would be too expensive. The // assignment to *hack is a trick to fool memcheck's bogus-literal // spotter into thinking this is a bb which needs unusually careful // attention, and therefore the expensive EQ/NE scheme is used. __attribute__((noinline)) // keep your grubby hands off this fn void foo ( int* p1, int* p2, unsigned int * hack ) { *hack = 0x80808080; if (*p1 == *p2) printf("foo\n"); else printf("bar\n"); } static void bar ( void ); int main ( void ) { unsigned int hack; int* junk1 = malloc(sizeof(int)); int* junk2 = malloc(sizeof(int)); short* ps1 = (short*)junk1; short* ps2 = (short*)junk2; int* pi1 = (int*)junk1; int* pi2 = (int*)junk2; bar(); // both words completely undefined. This should give an error. foo(pi1,pi2, &hack); // set half of the words, but to different values; so this should // not give an error, since inspection of the defined parts // shows the two values are not equal, and so the definedness of // the conclusion is unaffected by the undefined halves. *ps1 = 41; *ps2 = 42; foo(pi1,pi2, &hack); // set half of the words, but to the same value, so this forces the // result of the comparison to depend on the undefined halves. // should give an error *ps1 = 42; *ps2 = 42; foo(pi1,pi2, &hack); return 0; } // Note: on ppc32/64 the second call to foo() does give an error, // since the expensive EQ/NE scheme does not apply to the CmpORD // primops used by ppc. // // On arm, the "normal" (x86-like) comparison primops are used, so // the expensive EQ/NE scheme could apply. However, it doesn't, // because the constant 0x80808080 is placed in a constant pool // and so never appears as a literal, and so the instrumenter // never spots it and so doesn't use the expensive scheme (for foo). // Hence also on ARM we get 3 errors, not 2. // // s390x is even more complicated: Depending on the architecture // level we have the 0x80808080 either in the literal pool (3 errors) // or with the extended immediate facility in an instruction (2 errors). static __attribute__((noinline)) void bar ( void ) { #if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(__arm__) fprintf(stderr, "Currently running on ppc32/64/arm: this test should give 3 errors, not 2.\n"); #endif #if defined(__s390__) fprintf(stderr, "On s390 we might see 2 or 3 errors.\n"); #endif }