[RFA] Fix leaks in ada catch command

Philippe Waroquiers philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be
Tue Feb 12 21:55:00 GMT 2019


On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 14:35 -0700, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > > > > > "Philippe" == Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> writes:
> 
> Philippe> Fix the first leak by xfree-ing the addr_string allocated by ada_exception_sal.
> Philippe> Fix the second leak by calling the base bp_location dtor.
> 
> Philippe> Tested on debian/amd64, natively and under valgrind.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Philippe> -  const char *addr_string = NULL;
> Philippe> +  char *addr_string = NULL;
> Philippe>    const struct breakpoint_ops *ops = NULL;
> Philippe> -  struct symtab_and_line sal = ada_exception_sal (ex_kind, &addr_string, &ops);
> Philippe> +  struct symtab_and_line sal = ada_exception_sal (ex_kind,
> Philippe> +						  (const char **) &addr_string,
> Philippe> +						  &ops);
> 
> This cast seems questionable to me -- and since ada_exception_sal is
> only called from this one spot, it seems like it would be just as
> simple, but also more clear and more obviously correct to simply change
> the type of "addr_string" to "std::string *".  This would also avoid any
> potential leak if find_function_start_sal can throw (I didn't check).
> 
> Philippe>  static void
> Philippe> -bp_location_dtor (struct bp_location *self)
> Philippe> +base_bp_location_dtor (struct bp_location *self)
> Philippe>  {
> Philippe>    xfree (self->function_name);
> Philippe>  }
> 
> For this part, I think it's easy in this case to just further C++-ify
> bp_location.  I've done this in the appended -- let me know what you
> think.
> 
> Tom

Yes, your suggestions to use std::string * and the below patch seem
better to me.  So, I assume you will push fixes for both

Thanks
Philippe

 



> 
> commit 65a60067205f97696a91dd7f134013ffa112dc21
> Author: Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
> Date:   Tue Feb 12 14:28:07 2019 -0700
> 
>     C++-ify bp_location
>     
>     Philippe noticed a memory leak coming from ada_catchpoint_location --
>     it was not freeing the "function_name" member from its base class.
>     
>     This patch fixes the problem by further C++-ifying bp_location.  In
>     particular, bp_location_ops is now removed, and the "dtor" function
>     pointer is replaced with an ordinary destructor.
>     
>     gdb/ChangeLog
>     2019-02-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
>     
>             * breakpoint.c (~bp_location): Rename from bp_location_dtor.
>             (bp_location_ops): Remove.
>             (base_breakpoint_allocate_location): Update.
>             (free_bp_location): Update.
>             * ada-lang.c (class ada_catchpoint_location)
>             <ada_catchpoint_location>: Remove ops parameter.
>             (ada_catchpoint_location_dtor): Remove.
>             (ada_catchpoint_location_ops): Remove.
>             (allocate_location_exception): Update.
>             * breakpoint.h (struct bp_location_ops): Remove.
>             (class bp_location) <bp_location>: Remove bp_location_ops
>             parameter.
>             <~bp_location>: Add destructor.
>             <ops>: Remove.
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
> index 194ae465769..a773943b8e8 100644
> --- a/gdb/ChangeLog
> +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
> +2019-02-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
> +
> +	* breakpoint.c (~bp_location): Rename from bp_location_dtor.
> +	(bp_location_ops): Remove.
> +	(base_breakpoint_allocate_location): Update.
> +	(free_bp_location): Update.
> +	* ada-lang.c (class ada_catchpoint_location)
> +	<ada_catchpoint_location>: Remove ops parameter.
> +	(ada_catchpoint_location_dtor): Remove.
> +	(ada_catchpoint_location_ops): Remove.
> +	(allocate_location_exception): Update.
> +	* breakpoint.h (struct bp_location_ops): Remove.
> +	(class bp_location) <bp_location>: Remove bp_location_ops
> +	parameter.
> +	<~bp_location>: Add destructor.
> +	<ops>: Remove.
> +
>  2019-02-12  Philippe Waroquiers  <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
>  
>  	* symtab.h (struct minimal_symbol data_p): New const method.
> diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
> index a878d4d1af2..602facb35e7 100644
> --- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
> +++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
> @@ -12396,8 +12396,8 @@ static std::string ada_exception_catchpoint_cond_string
>  class ada_catchpoint_location : public bp_location
>  {
>  public:
> -  ada_catchpoint_location (const bp_location_ops *ops, breakpoint *owner)
> -    : bp_location (ops, owner)
> +  ada_catchpoint_location (breakpoint *owner)
> +    : bp_location (owner)
>    {}
>  
>    /* The condition that checks whether the exception that was raised
> @@ -12406,24 +12406,6 @@ public:
>    expression_up excep_cond_expr;
>  };
>  
> -/* Implement the DTOR method in the bp_location_ops structure for all
> -   Ada exception catchpoint kinds.  */
> -
> -static void
> -ada_catchpoint_location_dtor (struct bp_location *bl)
> -{
> -  struct ada_catchpoint_location *al = (struct ada_catchpoint_location *) bl;
> -
> -  al->excep_cond_expr.reset ();
> -}
> -
> -/* The vtable to be used in Ada catchpoint locations.  */
> -
> -static const struct bp_location_ops ada_catchpoint_location_ops =
> -{
> -  ada_catchpoint_location_dtor
> -};
> -
>  /* An instance of this type is used to represent an Ada catchpoint.  */
>  
>  struct ada_catchpoint : public breakpoint
> @@ -12493,7 +12475,7 @@ static struct bp_location *
>  allocate_location_exception (enum ada_exception_catchpoint_kind ex,
>  			     struct breakpoint *self)
>  {
> -  return new ada_catchpoint_location (&ada_catchpoint_location_ops, self);
> +  return new ada_catchpoint_location (self);
>  }
>  
>  /* Implement the RE_SET method in the breakpoint_ops structure for all
> diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
> index 67d83e6f465..9be99ff4efa 100644
> --- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
> +++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
> @@ -6958,13 +6958,10 @@ adjust_breakpoint_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
>      }
>  }
>  
> -bp_location::bp_location (const bp_location_ops *ops, breakpoint *owner)
> +bp_location::bp_location (breakpoint *owner)
>  {
>    bp_location *loc = this;
>  
> -  gdb_assert (ops != NULL);
> -
> -  loc->ops = ops;
>    loc->owner = owner;
>    loc->cond_bytecode = NULL;
>    loc->shlib_disabled = 0;
> @@ -7033,7 +7030,6 @@ allocate_bp_location (struct breakpoint *bpt)
>  static void
>  free_bp_location (struct bp_location *loc)
>  {
> -  loc->ops->dtor (loc);
>    delete loc;
>  }
>  
> @@ -12166,19 +12162,11 @@ say_where (struct breakpoint *b)
>      }
>  }
>  
> -/* Default bp_location_ops methods.  */
> -
> -static void
> -bp_location_dtor (struct bp_location *self)
> +bp_location::~bp_location ()
>  {
> -  xfree (self->function_name);
> +  xfree (function_name);
>  }
>  
> -static const struct bp_location_ops bp_location_ops =
> -{
> -  bp_location_dtor
> -};
> -
>  /* Destructor for the breakpoint base class.  */
>  
>  breakpoint::~breakpoint ()
> @@ -12191,7 +12179,7 @@ breakpoint::~breakpoint ()
>  static struct bp_location *
>  base_breakpoint_allocate_location (struct breakpoint *self)
>  {
> -  return new bp_location (&bp_location_ops, self);
> +  return new bp_location (self);
>  }
>  
>  static void
> diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.h b/gdb/breakpoint.h
> index 8c8c66a8158..a91e3e334cf 100644
> --- a/gdb/breakpoint.h
> +++ b/gdb/breakpoint.h
> @@ -301,31 +301,19 @@ enum bp_loc_type
>    bp_loc_other			/* Miscellaneous...  */
>  };
>  
> -/* This structure is a collection of function pointers that, if
> -   available, will be called instead of performing the default action
> -   for this bp_loc_type.  */
> -
> -struct bp_location_ops
> -{
> -  /* Destructor.  Releases everything from SELF (but not SELF
> -     itself).  */
> -  void (*dtor) (struct bp_location *self);
> -};
> -
>  class bp_location
>  {
>  public:
>    bp_location () = default;
>  
> -  bp_location (const bp_location_ops *ops, breakpoint *owner);
> +  bp_location (breakpoint *owner);
> +
> +  virtual ~bp_location ();
>  
>    /* Chain pointer to the next breakpoint location for
>       the same parent breakpoint.  */
>    bp_location *next = NULL;
>  
> -  /* Methods associated with this location.  */
> -  const bp_location_ops *ops = NULL;
> -
>    /* The reference count.  */
>    int refc = 0;
>  



More information about the Gdb-patches mailing list