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Re: PATCH RFA: Add -static-libstdc++ option to g++

Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Add -static-libstdc++ option to g++
From: NightStrike
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:54:43 -0400
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Andrew Haley<aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> NightStrike wrote:
>>
>>> (gdb) run
>>> Starting program:
>>> /home/nightstrike/root-x86_64-pc-linux-64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
>>> -v
>>> *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast):
>>> 0x0000000000543570 ***
>>>
>>> Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
>>> 0x00002aaaaabf207b in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>> (gdb) bt
>>> #0  0x00002aaaaabf207b in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>> #1  0x00002aaaaabf384e in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>> #2  0x00002aaaaac285f9 in __libc_message () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>> #3  0x00002aaaaac2fbee in _int_malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>> #4  0x00002aaaaac3116d in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.6
>>> #5  0x0000000000419a98 in xmalloc (size=3651) at
>>> ../../gcc/libiberty/xmalloc.c:147
>>
>>   Argh.  Sorry for leading you slightly astray; the tricky thing about malloc
>> overwrite bugs is that they generally don't hit until a *later* malloc or 
>> free
>> tries to (re/de-)allocate the following memory area.
>>
>>   You might be able to get at it by breakpointing at the start of the arg
>> handling code in g++spec.c, and setting a watchpoint on one-after-the-end-of
>> the argv array, for example.
>
> Valgrind Memcheck is your friend.
>
> Andrew.
>

I don't know how to use that.  Is it available on the compile farm?

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