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1 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
2 /*--- ErrorMgr: management of errors and suppressions.             ---*/
3 /*---                                          pub_tool_errormgr.h ---*/
4 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
5 
6 /*
7    This file is part of Valgrind, a dynamic binary instrumentation
8    framework.
9 
10    Copyright (C) 2000-2011 Julian Seward
11       jseward@acm.org
12 
13    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
14    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
15    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
16    License, or (at your option) any later version.
17 
18    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
19    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
20    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
21    General Public License for more details.
22 
23    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
24    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
25    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
26    02111-1307, USA.
27 
28    The GNU General Public License is contained in the file COPYING.
29 */
30 
31 #ifndef __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
32 #define __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
33 
34 #include "pub_tool_execontext.h"
35 
36 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
37 /* Error records contain enough info to generate an error report.  The idea
38    is that (typically) the same few points in the program generate thousands
39    of errors, and we don't want to spew out a fresh error message for each
40    one.  Instead, we use these structures to common up duplicates.
41 */
42 
43 typedef
44    Int         /* Do not make this unsigned! */
45    ErrorKind;
46 
47 /* The tool-relevant parts of an Error are:
48      kind:   what kind of error; must be in the range (0..)
49      addr:   use is optional.  0 by default.
50      string: use is optional.  NULL by default.
51      extra:  use is optional.  NULL by default.  void* so it's extensible.
52 */
53 typedef
54    struct _Error
55    Error;
56 
57 /* Useful in VG_(tdict).tool_error_matches_suppression(),
58  * VG_(tdict).tool_pp_Error(), etc */
59 ExeContext* VG_(get_error_where)   ( Error* err );
60 ErrorKind   VG_(get_error_kind)    ( Error* err );
61 Addr        VG_(get_error_address) ( Error* err );
62 Char*       VG_(get_error_string)  ( Error* err );
63 void*       VG_(get_error_extra)   ( Error* err );
64 
65 /* Call this when an error occurs.  It will be recorded if it hasn't been
66    seen before.  If it has, the existing error record will have its count
67    incremented.
68 
69    'tid' can be found as for VG_(record_ExeContext)().  The `extra' field can
70    be stack-allocated;  it will be copied by the core if needed (but it
71    won't be copied if it's NULL).
72 
73    If no 'a', 's' or 'extra' of interest needs to be recorded, just use
74    NULL for them.  */
75 extern void VG_(maybe_record_error) ( ThreadId tid, ErrorKind ekind,
76                                       Addr a, Char* s, void* extra );
77 
78 /* Similar to VG_(maybe_record_error)(), except this one doesn't record the
79    error -- useful for errors that can only happen once.  The errors can be
80    suppressed, though.  Return value is True if it was suppressed.
81    'print_error' dictates whether to print the error, which is a bit of a
82    hack that's useful sometimes if you just want to know if the error would
83    be suppressed without possibly printing it.  'count_error' dictates
84    whether to add the error in the error total count (another mild hack). */
85 extern Bool VG_(unique_error) ( ThreadId tid, ErrorKind ekind,
86                                 Addr a, Char* s, void* extra,
87                                 ExeContext* where, Bool print_error,
88                                 Bool allow_GDB_attach, Bool count_error );
89 
90 /* Gets a non-blank, non-comment line from fd.  bufpp is a pointer to a
91    pointer to a buffer that must be allocated with VG_(malloc);  nBufp is a
92    pointer to size_t holding its size;  if the buffer is too small for the
93    line, it will be realloc'd until big enough (updating *bufpp and *nBufp in
94    the process).  (It will bomb out if the size gets ridiculous).  Skips
95    leading spaces on the line.  Increments lineno with the number of lines
96    read if lineno is non-NULL. Returns True if EOF was hit.  */
97 extern Bool VG_(get_line) ( Int fd, Char** bufpp, SizeT* nBufp, Int* lineno );
98 
99 
100 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
101 /* Suppressions describe errors which we want to suppress, ie, not
102    show the user, usually because it is caused by a problem in a library
103    which we can't fix, replace or work around.  Suppressions are read from
104    a file at startup time.  This gives flexibility so that new
105    suppressions can be added to the file as and when needed.
106 */
107 typedef
108    Int         /* Do not make this unsigned! */
109    SuppKind;
110 
111 /* The tool-relevant parts of a suppression are:
112      kind:   what kind of suppression; must be in the range (0..)
113      string: use is optional.  NULL by default.
114      extra:  use is optional.  NULL by default.  void* so it's extensible.
115 */
116 typedef
117    struct _Supp
118    Supp;
119 
120 /* Useful in VG_(tdict).tool_error_matches_suppression() */
121 SuppKind VG_(get_supp_kind)   ( Supp* su );
122 Char*    VG_(get_supp_string) ( Supp* su );
123 void*    VG_(get_supp_extra)  ( Supp* su );
124 
125 /* Must be used in VG_(recognised_suppression)() */
126 void VG_(set_supp_kind)   ( Supp* su, SuppKind suppkind );
127 /* May be used in VG_(read_extra_suppression_info)() */
128 void VG_(set_supp_string) ( Supp* su, Char* string );
129 void VG_(set_supp_extra)  ( Supp* su, void* extra );
130 
131 
132 #endif   // __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
133 
134 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
135 /*--- end                                                          ---*/
136 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
137