valgrind memcheck 错误分析

1.默认使用工具memcheck

2.输出到XML文件：valgrind --leak-check=full --xml=yes --log-file="log.xml" myprog arg1 arg2

3.错误解释

3.1Illegal read / Illegal write errors

例如：

Invalid read of size 4
   at 0x40F6BBCC: (within /usr/lib/libpng.so.2.1.0.9)
   by 0x40F6B804: (within /usr/lib/libpng.so.2.1.0.9)
   by 0x40B07FF4: read_png_image(QImageIO *) (kernel/qpngio.cpp:326)
   by 0x40AC751B: QImageIO::read() (kernel/qimage.cpp:3621)
 Address 0xBFFFF0E0 is not stack'd, malloc'd or free'd
这个错误的发生是因为对一些memcheck猜想不应该访问的内存进行了读写。

3.2 Use of uninitialised values

例如：

Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
   at 0x402DFA94: _IO_vfprintf (_itoa.h:49)
   by 0x402E8476: _IO_printf (printf.c:36)
   by 0x8048472: main (tests/manuel1.c:8)
这个错误的发生是因为使用了未初始化的数据。一般情况下有两种情形容易出现这个错误：

程序中的局部变量未初始化；

C语言malloc的内存未初始化；C++中new的对象其成员未被初始化。

3.3 Illegal frees

例如：

Invalid free()
   at 0x4004FFDF: free (vg_clientmalloc.c:577)
   by 0x80484C7: main (tests/doublefree.c:10)
 Address 0x3807F7B4 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 177 free'd
   at 0x4004FFDF: free (vg_clientmalloc.c:577)
   by 0x80484C7: main (tests/doublefree.c:10)

3.4 When a block is freed with an inappropriate deallocation function

例如：

Mismatched free() / delete / delete []
   at 0x40043249: free (vg_clientfuncs.c:171)
   by 0x4102BB4E: QGArray::~QGArray(void) (tools/qgarray.cpp:149)
   by 0x4C261C41: PptDoc::~PptDoc(void) (include/qmemarray.h:60)
   by 0x4C261F0E: PptXml::~PptXml(void) (pptxml.cc:44)
 Address 0x4BB292A8 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 64 alloc'd
   at 0x4004318C: operator new[](unsigned int) (vg_clientfuncs.c:152)
   by 0x4C21BC15: KLaola::readSBStream(int) const (klaola.cc:314)
   by 0x4C21C155: KLaola::stream(KLaola::OLENode const *) (klaola.cc:416)
   by 0x4C21788F: OLEFilter::convert(QCString const &) (olefilter.cc:272)

If allocated with malloc, calloc, realloc, valloc or memalign, you must deallocate with free.

If allocated with new[], you must deallocate with delete[].

If allocated with new, you must deallocate with delete.

linux系统对上述错误可能不在意，但是移值到其他平台时却会有问题。

3.5 Passing system call parameters with inadequate read/write permissions

例如：

Syscall param write(buf) points to uninitialised byte(s)
     at 0x25A48723: __write_nocancel (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so)
     by 0x259AFAD3: __libc_start_main (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so)
     by 0x8048348: (within /auto/homes/njn25/grind/head4/a.out)
   Address 0x25AB8028 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 10 alloc'd
     at 0x259852B0: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:130)
     by 0x80483F1: main (a.c:5)

  Syscall param exit(error_code) contains uninitialised byte(s)
     at 0x25A21B44: __GI__exit (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so)
     by 0x8048426: main (a.c:8)

Memcheck检查所有的被系统调用的参数。

It checks all the direct parameters themselves.

Also, if a system call needs to read from a buffer provided by your program, Memcheck checks that the entire buffer is addressable and has valid data, ie, it is readable.

Also, if the system call needs to write to a user-supplied buffer, Memcheck checks that the buffer is addressable.

例如：

#include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> int main( void ) { char* arr = malloc(10); int* arr2 = malloc(sizeof(int)); write( 1 /* stdout */, arr, 10 ); exit(arr2[0]); }

错误信息：

Syscall param write(buf) points to uninitialised byte(s) at 0x25A48723: __write_nocancel (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so) by 0x259AFAD3: __libc_start_main (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so) by 0x8048348: (within /auto/homes/njn25/grind/head4/a.out) Address 0x25AB8028 is 0 bytes inside a block of size 10 alloc'd at 0x259852B0: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:130) by 0x80483F1: main (a.c:5) Syscall param exit(error_code) contains uninitialised byte(s) at 0x25A21B44: __GI__exit (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.3.so) by 0x8048426: main (a.c:8)

传递了无效参数到系统函数中。

3.6 Overlapping source and destination blocks

C的以下库函数拷贝数据从一块内存到另一块内存时: memcpy(), strcpy(), strncpy(), strcat(), strncat(). 源和目的都不允许溢出。

例如：

==27492== Source and destination overlap in memcpy(0xbffff294, 0xbffff280, 21) ==27492== at 0x40026CDC: memcpy (mc_replace_strmem.c:71) ==27492== by 0x804865A: main (overlap.c:40)

3.7 Memory leak detection

错误信息：

Still reachable: A pointer to the start of the block is found. This usually indicates programming sloppiness. Since the block is still pointed at, the programmer could, at least in principle, free it before program exit. Because these are very common and arguably not a problem, Memcheck won't report such blocks unless --show-reachable=yes is specified.

Possibly lost, or "dubious": A pointer to the interior of the block is found. The pointer might originally have pointed to the start and have been moved along, or it might be entirely unrelated. Memcheck deems such a block as "dubious", because it's unclear whether or not a pointer to it still exists.

Definitely lost, or "leaked": The worst outcome is that no pointer to the block can be found. The block is classified as "leaked", because the programmer could not possibly have freed it at program exit, since no pointer to it exists. This is likely a symptom of having lost the pointer at some earlier point in the program.