From: Torbjorn SVENSSON <torbjorn.svensson@foss.st.com>
To: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
Cc: <binutils@sourceware.org>, <amodra@gmail.com>,
Yvan ROUX <yvan.roux@foss.st.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] libctf: ctf_member_next needs to return (ssize_t)-1 on error
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:49:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c5d24991-086d-0198-ee02-488674fc20dc@foss.st.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wmwdt2bf.fsf@esperi.org.uk>
On 2023-09-26 16:51, Nick Alcock wrote:
> On 13 Sep 2023, Torbjorn SVENSSON outgrape:
>> On 2023-09-13 20:37, Nick Alcock wrote:
>>> On 13 Sep 2023, Torbjörn SVENSSON verbalised:
> Honestly I suspect all we need is a better name:
>
> ctf_set_int_errno(...);
> ctf_set_type_errno(...)
>
> and then use one or the other, consistently. (Neither needs to call the
> other: they're only two lines long!)
Ok. I've updated the patch (V4) to be like you suggested above.
>
>> I suppose the ctf_set_errno_unsigned could even be a macro in the ctf-impl.h header file.
>
> I'd make both of them inline functions personally (I bet it would reduce
> code size!)
I do not see any major difference in code size for the ld.exe binary
after the change.
>
>>>> +int
>>>> +ctf_set_errno_signed (ctf_dict_t *fp, int err)
>>>> +{
>>>> + fp->ctf_errno = err;
>>>> + /* Don't rely on CTF_ERR here as it will not properly sign extend on 64-bit
>>>> + Windows ABI. */
>>>> + return -1;
>>>> +}
>>> ... that Windows is not really the problem here. It's more
>>> /* Don't rely on CTF_ERR here; it is a ctf_id_t (unsigned long), and
>>> it will be truncated to a non--1 value on platforms on which int
>>> and unsigned long are different sizes. */
>>> perhaps? (At least, I think that's what's going on.)
>>
>> The problem happens when the signed integral type is wider than unsigned long.
>
> ... sizeof(signed int) > sizeof(unsigned long int)?! Is that even
> possible? I would have assumed from the C type hierarchy and the integer
> conversion rank rules would have required that unsigned long int was at
> least as big as any non-long integral type, but I don't see anywhere
> it's required in the standard, dammit...
I don't know about the 'sizeof(signed int) > sizeof(unsigned long int)'
part, but what I said was _integral type_, not _int_. In the case where
I saw the problem, it was ssize_t but I'm not sure what that maps to,
but it's wider than unsigned long int apparently in this case.
>>> This probably needs testing on a wide variety of platforms with
>>> different type sizes. I'll add throwing this through my entire test
>>> matrix to my todo list, and fix any bugs observed: but the basic idea
>>> looks sound to me.
>>
>> Do you want to run this full matrix before or after submitting the patch?
>> If it's before; when do you think you will have time to do that?
>>
>> Let me know how you want to proceed.
>
> OK, I'm back from various conferences so I can throw tests past this at
> any time, it's largely automated. So once I stop faffing about and
> changing my mind and we converge on something I'll throw it past every
> test I've got. (It takes a day or so.)
If you do not see any problem with the V4 patch, then please go ahead
and run the tests that you have to get a verdict.
Kind regards,
Torbjörn
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-26 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-24 11:32 [PATCH] " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-08-25 2:22 ` Alan Modra
2023-08-25 16:53 ` [PATCH v2] " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-08-30 8:34 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-08-30 9:39 ` Alan Modra
2023-09-07 12:10 ` Nick Alcock
2023-09-08 12:58 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-09-12 14:23 ` Nick Alcock
2023-09-12 18:44 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-09-13 9:57 ` [PATCH v3] " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-09-13 18:37 ` Nick Alcock
2023-09-13 20:20 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-09-20 17:44 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-09-26 14:51 ` Nick Alcock
2023-09-26 17:28 ` [PATCH v4] " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-09-26 17:49 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON [this message]
2023-09-28 16:41 ` [PATCH v3] " Nick Alcock
2023-09-29 12:11 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-10-02 10:57 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-03 12:59 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-10-03 20:53 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-05 8:39 ` [PATCH v5] libctf: Sanitize error types for PR 30836 Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-10-09 10:27 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-09 14:44 ` [PATCH v6] " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-10-09 15:11 ` [PATCH v7] " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-10-11 11:14 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-13 14:01 ` [PATCH] libctf: check for problems with error returns Nick Alcock
2023-10-13 18:31 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-10-15 19:18 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-16 12:51 ` [PATCH v8] libctf: Sanitize error types for PR 30836 Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-10-17 15:15 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-17 15:35 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-10-17 18:54 ` [PATCH] libctf: Return CTF_ERR in ctf_type_resolve_unsliced " Torbjörn SVENSSON
2023-10-17 19:40 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-18 7:40 ` Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-10-20 17:01 ` Nick Alcock
2023-10-16 13:02 ` [PATCH] libctf: check for problems with error returns Torbjorn SVENSSON
2023-10-17 14:45 ` Nick Alcock
2024-01-30 12:46 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-01-30 14:22 ` Nick Alcock
2024-01-30 14:27 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-03-09 2:44 ` Sam James
2024-03-11 15:14 ` Nick Alcock
2024-03-12 6:52 ` Sam James
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