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Subject: Re: kde-4.0.4 segfaults on netbsd sparc
From: Michael Pyne <mpyne () purinchu ! net>
Date: 2008-05-26 20:31:10
Message-ID: 200805261631.15887.mpyne () purinchu ! net
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On Sunday 25 May 2008, Sebastian Sauer wrote:
> raymond.meyer@rambler.ru wrote:
> > I can't start kde on netbsd sparc machine, because kdelibs contains code
> > that causes segfault. It terminates with "Bus error" which indicates
> > unaligned memory access. Below is the backtrace.
> >
> > The problem is with kdelibs-4.0.4/kdeui/icons/kpixmapcache.cpp. On line
> > 159 it has
> >
> > *mSize = *((quint32*)(mMemory + mSizeEntryOffset));
> >
> > So looks like a pointer to char is cast to a pointer to some form of
> > uint32_t and then dereferenced. Can anyone suggest a proper fix?
>
> iirc mMemory is the start of a buffer used to cache icons and at
> mMemory+mSizeEntryOffset is a 4byte quint32 that is used to know how much
> icons are within those buffer.
mSizeEntryOffset needs to always point to a properly aligned memory address.
i.e. if memory accesses must be aligned to a multiple of 16, then
mSizeEntryOffset must be a multiple of 16. Note that to my knowledge we won't
hit this on x86 as that architecture will automatically (but slowly) fix it up
for us.
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160284
I'm not sure if this is the same bug. It depends on what architecture the bug
reporter is running I think. I'll try to take a look at it but low-level
stuff is not my thing. ;)
Regards,
- Michael Pyne
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25 May 2008, Sebastian Sauer wrote:</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
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margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> > that causes segfault. It terminates \
with "Bus error" which indicates</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> > unaligned memory access. Below is the backtrace.</p> <p \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> ></p> <p style=" \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> > The problem is with \
kdelibs-4.0.4/kdeui/icons/kpixmapcache.cpp. On line</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> > 159 it has</p> <p style=" \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> ></p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> > *mSize = \
*((quint32*)(mMemory + mSizeEntryOffset));</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> ></p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> > So looks like a pointer to char is cast \
to a pointer to some form of</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> > uint32_t and then dereferenced. Can anyone suggest a \
proper fix?</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">></p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> iirc mMemory is the \
start of a buffer used to cache icons and at</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> mMemory+mSizeEntryOffset is a 4byte quint32 \
that is used to know how much</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> icons are within those buffer.</p> <p \
style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"></p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">mSizeEntryOffset needs to \
always point to a properly aligned memory address. i.e. if memory accesses must be \
aligned to a multiple of 16, then mSizeEntryOffset must be a multiple of 16. Note \
that to my knowledge we won't hit this on x86 as that architecture will automatically \
(but slowly) fix it up for us.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"></p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> \
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160284</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"></p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I'm not sure if this is the \
same bug. It depends on what architecture the bug reporter is running I think. I'll \
try to take a look at it but low-level stuff is not my thing. ;)</p> <p \
style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"></p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Regards,</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"> - Michael \
Pyne</p></body></html>
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