Hi Luc, On 28 March 2017 at 22:06, Dibyendu Majumdar <mobile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 28 March 2017 at 21:49, Luc Van Oostenryck > <luc.vanoostenryck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 10:41 PM, Dibyendu Majumdar >> <mobile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 28 March 2017 at 21:25, Dibyendu Majumdar <mobile@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I am investigating an issue with following test case: >>>> >>>> int main(void) >>>> { >>>> const char *names[] = { >>>> "dibyendu", >>>> "majumdar", >>>> NULL, >>>> }; >>>> return 0; >>>> } >>>> >>>> The issue here is that sparse-llvm thinks the array size is zero: >>>> >>>> define i32 @main() { >>>> L0: >>>> %names_0000026DE9D2DDA8. = alloca [0 x i8*] >>>> >>>> It appears that sparse is correctly calculating the size of the array >>>> in examine_node_type() in symbol.c, but by the time the symbol gets to >>>> sparse-llvm the bit_size is somehow changed to -1. I haven't yet >>>> tracked down where this is happening. >>>> >>> >>> Looks like the computed bit_size is being held on the SYM_NODE but >>> sparse-llvm looks as the bit_size field in the SYM_ARRAY node. Does >>> this sound like a problem - i.e. somehow the SYM_ARRAY is not getting >>> its size set? >> I think that there is a bug in examine_node_type() in symbol.c - it should set the base_type's bit_size perhaps? See the line marked as FIX below, /* Unsized array? The size might come from the initializer.. */ if (bit_size < 0 && base_type->type == SYM_ARRAY) { struct expression *initializer = get_symbol_initializer(sym); if (initializer) { struct symbol *node_type = base_type->ctype.base_type; int count = count_array_initializer(S, node_type, initializer); if (node_type && node_type->bit_size >= 0) bit_size = array_element_offset(S->C->target, node_type->bit_size, count); base_type->bit_size = bit_size; /*** FIX set base_type->bit_size ***/ } } Thanks and Regards Dibyendu -- 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