https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383811
--- Comment #3 from FX <fxcoud...@gcc.gnu.org> --- With valgrind trunk and the patch in comment 1, after having run autogen.sh in the source tree: configure && make work, and the resulting valgrind appears to work. For example, it correctly determines on invalid write in a free'd block. It also correctly detects unfree'd memory when it encounters it. I have found, so far, two issues: 1. valgrind displays a warning about libsystem_kernel for any executable I run (valid or invalid): ==90520== Syscall param msg->desc.port.name points to uninitialised byte(s) ==90520== at 0x100590E76: mach_msg_trap (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib) ==90520== by 0x10059038F: mach_msg (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib) ==90520== by 0x100589F3D: task_set_special_port (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib) ==90520== by 0x1005F701A: _os_trace_create_debug_control_port (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_trace.dylib) ==90520== by 0x1005F72D0: _libtrace_init (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_trace.dylib) ==90520== by 0x1000BD9CC: libSystem_initializer (in /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib) ==90520== by 0x10000415F: dyld3::kdebug_trace_dyld_duration(unsigned int, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, void ( block_pointer)()) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90520== by 0x100019A09: ImageLoaderMachO::doModInitFunctions(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90520== by 0x100019C39: ImageLoaderMachO::doInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90520== by 0x10001516F: ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, char const*, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&, ImageLoader::UninitedUpwards&) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90520== by 0x100015102: ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, char const*, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&, ImageLoader::UninitedUpwards&) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90520== by 0x1000142A5: ImageLoader::processInitializers(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&, ImageLoader::UninitedUpwards&) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90520== Address 0x10489f19c is on thread 1's stack ==90520== in frame #2, created by task_set_special_port (???:) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. When running "valgrind --leak-check=full", it issues a warning about dyld: ==90558== 72 bytes in 3 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 26 of 43 ==90558== at 0x1000AB542: calloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:714) ==90558== by 0x1006C07E2: map_images_nolock (in /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib) ==90558== by 0x1006D37DA: objc_object::sidetable_retainCount() (in /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib) ==90558== by 0x100007C64: dyld::notifyBatchPartial(dyld_image_states, bool, char const* (*)(dyld_image_states, unsigned int, dyld_image_info const*), bool, bool) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90558== by 0x100007E39: dyld::registerObjCNotifiers(void (*)(unsigned int, char const* const*, mach_header const* const*), void (*)(char const*, mach_header const*), void (*)(char const*, mach_header const*)) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90558== by 0x10022284D: _dyld_objc_notify_register (in /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib) ==90558== by 0x1006C0075: _objc_init (in /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib) ==90558== by 0x1001ACCE0: _os_object_init (in /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib) ==90558== by 0x1001ACCC7: libdispatch_init (in /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib) ==90558== by 0x1000BD9C2: libSystem_initializer (in /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib) ==90558== by 0x10000415F: dyld3::kdebug_trace_dyld_duration(unsigned int, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, void ( block_pointer)()) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ==90558== by 0x100019A09: ImageLoaderMachO::doModInitFunctions(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Trying to run /bin/bash under valgrind leads to this error: --90616-- UNKNOWN mach_msg unhandled MACH_SEND_TRAILER option --90616-- UNKNOWN mach_msg unhandled MACH_SEND_TRAILER option (repeated 2 times) --90616-- UNKNOWN mach_msg unhandled MACH_SEND_TRAILER option (repeated 4 times) --90616-- UNKNOWN mach_msg unhandled MACH_SEND_TRAILER option (repeated 8 times) ==90616== Syscall param mach_msg("rcv_name") contains uninitialised byte(s) ==90616== at 0x10076AE76: mach_msg_trap (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10076A38F: mach_msg (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib) ==90616== by 0x1007D86F2: _os_trace_prefs_and_mode_refresh_slow (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_trace.dylib) ==90616== by 0x1007CEF06: _os_activity_create_addr (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_trace.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055D219: ds_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CD5B: si_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CE3E: search_item_bynumber (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CD96: search_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CD5B: si_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055C27E: getpwuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10002B958: setupvals (in /bin/zsh) ==90616== by 0x10002D0C5: zsh_main (in /bin/zsh) ==90616== eq_SyscallStatus: {78 0 43} {78 0 40} valgrind: m_syswrap/syswrap-main.c:438 (Bool eq_SyscallStatus(UInt, SyscallStatus *, SyscallStatus *)): the 'impossible' happened. host stacktrace: ==90616== at 0x2580523BB: ??? ==90616== by 0x25805274C: ??? ==90616== by 0x258052723: ??? ==90616== by 0x2580EB9D4: ??? ==90616== by 0x2580EAFB9: ??? ==90616== by 0x2580E91E0: ??? ==90616== by 0x2580E79A0: ??? ==90616== by 0x2580F985E: ??? sched status: running_tid=1 Thread 1: status = VgTs_Runnable (lwpid 771) ==90616== at 0x10076AEFA: mach_generate_activity_id (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib) ==90616== by 0x1003A7F57: _voucher_activity_id_allocate_slow (in /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib) ==90616== by 0x1003A7209: voucher_activity_create_with_data (in /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib) ==90616== by 0x1007CEFE2: _os_activity_create_addr (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_trace.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055D219: ds_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CD5B: si_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CE3E: search_item_bynumber (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CD96: search_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055CD5B: si_user_byuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10055C27E: getpwuid (in /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib) ==90616== by 0x10002B958: setupvals (in /bin/zsh) ==90616== by 0x10002D0C5: zsh_main (in /bin/zsh) ==90616== by 0x1003FA144: start (in /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.