Re: Possible endless loop in lto-wrapper

[Rafael Espindola <espindola@google.com>]

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2009/11/22 Leandro Nini <drfiemost@email.it>:
> Hi,
>
> in gcc-4.5 lto-wrapper may end up in an endless loop in case of error:
>
> if for example a 'maybe_unlink_file' call from 'lto_wrapper_exit' fails it
> calls 'fatal_perror' which in turn calls 'lto_wrapper_exit' again causing
> an infinity of
>
> lto-wrapper: deleting LTRANS file /tmp/ccWjXUv8.lto.o: No such file or
> directory
>
> error messages on the console.
>
> I've solved this by substituting 'maybe_unlink_file' with
> 'unlink_if_ordinary'
> whithin the 'lto_wrapper_exit' function.
> Not sure if this is the best fix but hope it helps.

Thanks for finding the bug!

I think that we need something similar to what was done in the linker:
Avoid trying to start a new cleanup if we are already in one.

Leandro, can you try the attached patch?

Diego, OK if it works?

2009-11-23  Rafael Avila de Espindola  <espindola@google.com>

	* lto-wrapper.c (lto_wrapper_exit): Don't try to delete files if
	being called recursively.

>
> Best Regards,
> Leandro
>  --

Cheers,
-- 
Rafael Ávila de Espíndola

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Index: gcc/lto-wrapper.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/lto-wrapper.c	(revision 154452)
+++ gcc/lto-wrapper.c	(working copy)
@@ -66,12 +66,20 @@
 static void
 lto_wrapper_exit (int status)
 {
-  if (ltrans_output_file)
-    maybe_unlink_file (ltrans_output_file);
-  if (flto_out)
-    maybe_unlink_file (flto_out);
-  if (args_name)
-    maybe_unlink_file (args_name);
+  static bool cleanup_done = false;
+  if (!cleanup_done)
+    {
+      /* Setting cleanup_done prevents an infinite loop if one of the
+         calls to maybe_unlink_file fails. */
+      cleanup_done = true;
+
+      if (ltrans_output_file)
+        maybe_unlink_file (ltrans_output_file);
+      if (flto_out)
+        maybe_unlink_file (flto_out);
+      if (args_name)
+        maybe_unlink_file (args_name);
+    }
   exit (status);
 }