https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112968
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aoliva at gcc dot gnu.org, | |jason at gcc dot gnu.org, | |ppalka at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I believe the bug is in https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc-patches/2018-04/msg00709.html aka r8-7885-ga56e2f69fede451499cfcbb58bab7687e4b1643a When tinst_level::to_list is called, if it allocates new TREE_LIST, all is fine, but otherwise it goes through: tree ret = tree_list_freelist ().alloc (); TREE_PURPOSE (ret) = tldcl; TREE_VALUE (ret) = targs; where alloc does T *obj = head; head = next (head); reinit (obj); return obj; and template <> inline void freelist<tree_node>::reinit (tree obj ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) { tree_base *b ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED = &obj->base; #ifdef ENABLE_GC_CHECKING gcc_checking_assert (TREE_CODE (obj) == TREE_LIST); VALGRIND_DISCARD (VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_UNDEFINED (obj, sizeof (tree_list))); memset (obj, 0, sizeof (tree_list)); #endif /* Let valgrind know the entire object is available, but uninitialized. */ VALGRIND_DISCARD (VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_UNDEFINED (obj, sizeof (tree_list))); #ifdef ENABLE_GC_CHECKING TREE_SET_CODE (obj, TREE_LIST); #else VALGRIND_DISCARD (VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED (b, sizeof (*b))); #endif } Now, tree_list is: struct GTY(()) tree_list { struct tree_common common; tree purpose; tree value; }; struct GTY(()) tree_common { struct tree_typed typed; tree chain; }; struct GTY(()) tree_typed { struct tree_base base; tree type; }; and the 2 stores to TREE_PURPOSE/TREE_VALUE afterwards initialize those 2, so I believe this leaves from valgrind annotation POV TREE_TYPE and TREE_CHAIN of the TREE_LIST allocated from the freelist uninitialized (even when it actually is in reality initialized from the initial build_tree_list call before it got put into the cache). I must say it is unclear what should be TREE_CHAIN value after tinst_level::to_list and what should be TREE_TYPE. Right now it is sometimes well defined NULL and NULL (if we allocated it freshly), sometimes NULL and NULL with valgrind think it is uninitialized (if ENABLE_GC_CHECKING where reinit clears the whole object and sets TREE_CODE again) and sometimes garbage with valgrind thinking it is undefined (otherwise). After pending_template_freelist ().alloc (); we already clear pt->next = NULL; and similarly after tinst_level_freelist ().alloc (); we clear new_level->next = NULL; so I think it is just the tree_list case. So, wonder about --- gcc/cp/pt.cc.jj 2023-12-11 23:52:03.592513063 +0100 +++ gcc/cp/pt.cc 2023-12-12 16:40:09.259903877 +0100 @@ -9525,7 +9525,7 @@ template <> inline void freelist<tree_node>::reinit (tree obj ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) { - tree_base *b ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED = &obj->base; + tree_common *c ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED = &obj->common; #ifdef ENABLE_GC_CHECKING gcc_checking_assert (TREE_CODE (obj) == TREE_LIST); @@ -9540,8 +9540,9 @@ freelist<tree_node>::reinit (tree obj AT #ifdef ENABLE_GC_CHECKING TREE_SET_CODE (obj, TREE_LIST); #else - VALGRIND_DISCARD (VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED (b, sizeof (*b))); + TREE_CHAIN (obj) = NULL_TREE; #endif + VALGRIND_DISCARD (VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_DEFINED (c, sizeof (*c))); } /* Point to the first object in the TREE_LIST freelist. */ where this (IMHO) ought to ensure that both TREE_TYPE and TREE_CHAIN is accessible and NULL after tinst_level::to_list regardless of whether it was freshly allocated or not and regardless of ENABLE_GC_CHECKING or not.