On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 13:11 -0800, Christopher Li wrote: > 2010/2/15 Jacek Śliwerski <sliwers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > Please, check my case. The condition is: > > I did, I did not see any thing wrong with it. > > > > > if (st && st->other && st->value > i && i > 0)... > > > > Obviously, if st is NULL, then the execution should be transferred > > immediately to the else branch. But it does not. It skips the second test > > and goes directly to the third one: st->value > i. If a compiler was built > > with sparse as a frontend, execution of the generated code would end up with > > a segmentation fault. And this code is perfectly valid. > > I totally agree the source code is valid. > I just haven't see the seg fault part. > > $ ./test-linearize parser_check.c > parser_check: > .L0x7f4e12de3130: > <entry-point> > br %arg1, .L0x7f4e12de32e0, .L0x7f4e12de3250 I assume this means "if %arg1 == NULL goto .L0x7f4e12de32e0 else goto .L0x7f4e12de3250" > .L0x7f4e12de32e0: > load.32 %r3 <- 4[%arg1] > br %r3, .L0x7f4e12de3208, .L0x7f4e12de3250 > > .L0x7f4e12de3208: > load.32 %r5 <- 0[%arg1] > setgt.32 %r7 <- %r5, %arg2 > phisrc.1 %phi1 <- %r7 > br .L0x7f4e12de3298 > > .L0x7f4e12de3250: I assume this is the "i > 0" check. > phisrc.1 %phi2 <- $0 > br .L0x7f4e12de3298 > > .L0x7f4e12de3298: > phi.1 %r8 <- %phi1, %phi2 > setgt.32 %r10 <- %arg2, $0 > and-bool.1 %r11 <- %r8, %r10 > br %r11, .L0x7f4e12de3178, .L0x7f4e12de31c0 > > .L0x7f4e12de3178: > call execute_a, %arg1, %arg2 > br .L0x7f4e12de3328 > > .L0x7f4e12de31c0: > call execute_b, %arg1 > br .L0x7f4e12de3328 > > .L0x7f4e12de3328: > ret > > In the fast test, the false branch is L0x7f4e12de3250. > Which is doing the (i > 0) part and it is safe to do so. Are saying that he "i >0 " test done while "st == NULL"? This is actually wrong as it shouldn't be done (independent of the used variables and especially if the expression has side effects). > It skip the two load.32 operation. It will not generate the seg fault. > I still don't see where the is seg fault part. Please let me know if I am > missing some thing obvious. Or am I missing something (presumbly) obvious? Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : bernd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx LUGA : http://www.luga.at -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-sparse" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html