[arch-general] valgrind 3.13.0-6 exclusions broken again

David C. Rankin drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com
Sat Apr 7 04:18:39 UTC 2018


On 04/01/2018 07:43 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 
> Now allocating for 1 integer reports 2 allocations and 1,028 bytes
> instead of 1 allocation and 4 bytes as it did a couple of days ago, e.g.:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> int main (void) {
> 
>     int *a = malloc (sizeof *a);
>     *a = 5;
>     printf ("a: %d\n", *a);
>     free (a);
> }
> 
> The valgrind output:
> 
> $  valgrind ./bin/vgtest2
> ==10415== Memcheck, a memory error detector
> ==10415== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
> ==10415== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
> ==10415== Command: ./bin/vgtest2
> ==10415==
> a: 5
> ==10415==
> ==10415== HEAP SUMMARY:
> ==10415==     in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
> ==10415==   total heap usage: 2 allocs, 2 frees, 1,028 bytes allocated
> ==10415==
> ==10415== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
> ==10415==
> ==10415== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
> ==10415== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
> 
> I was looking for confirmation of the bug and whether the devs want it
> filed here to track or to not waste time filing with Arch and just file
> upstream?
> 

I suspect this is a gcc-libs/valgrind issue, I updated
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/49681 with the information.

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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