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* [Bug gdb/17676] New: gdb cannot print the address a pointer is pointing to returned by malloc
@ 2014-12-03 17:36 daniel.parkinson1 at gmail dot com
2024-01-02 17:51 ` [Bug gdb/17676] " ssbssa at sourceware dot org
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From: daniel.parkinson1 at gmail dot com @ 2014-12-03 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-prs
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17676
Bug ID: 17676
Summary: gdb cannot print the address a pointer is pointing to
returned by malloc
Product: gdb
Version: 7.7
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: gdb
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: daniel.parkinson1 at gmail dot com
Overview
After making a call to malloc to assign a memory address to a pointer that is a
parameter of the function, gdb will print 0x0 as the address pointed to.
Steps to reproduce
Compiling the following code...
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
void create_stack(int *other_name_stack);
int *stack;
int main(void) {
create_stack(stack);
return 0;
}
void create_stack(int *other_name_stack) {
other_name_stack = malloc(sizeof(int)*10);
if(other_name_stack == NULL)
printf("Malloc failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
printf("%p\n", (void *)other_name_stack);
}
Command: gcc -O0 -Wall -g teststack.c -o teststack
Command: gdb ./teststack
break create_stack
n
p other_name_stack
Actual results.
p other_name_stack will always return 0x0, but the if statement will never
return true.
Expected results
I would expect to be able to see the memory address returned by malloc.
Build Date & Hardware
Linux jim-vm-ubuntu 3.16.0-031600-generic #201408031935 SMP Sun Aug 3 23:56:17
UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
Additional Info
GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7-0ubuntu3.1) 7.7
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* [Bug gdb/17676] gdb cannot print the address a pointer is pointing to returned by malloc
2014-12-03 17:36 [Bug gdb/17676] New: gdb cannot print the address a pointer is pointing to returned by malloc daniel.parkinson1 at gmail dot com
@ 2024-01-02 17:51 ` ssbssa at sourceware dot org
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From: ssbssa at sourceware dot org @ 2024-01-02 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17676
Hannes Domani <ssbssa at sourceware dot org> changed:
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CC| |ssbssa at sourceware dot org
Status|NEW |RESOLVED
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--- Comment #1 from Hannes Domani <ssbssa at sourceware dot org> ---
Seems to have been a debug info problem on gcc side, which I can reproduce when
compiling with gcc-4.6.1, but not with when compiling with gcc-4.9.1 or newer.
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