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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) 2000-2015 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)   ( const Error* err );
60 ErrorKind    VG_(get_error_kind)    ( const Error* err );
61 Addr         VG_(get_error_address) ( const Error* err );
62 const HChar* VG_(get_error_string)  ( const Error* err );
63 void*        VG_(get_error_extra)   ( const 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 `s' string
70    and `extra' field can be stack-allocated;  they will be copied by the core
71    if needed (but it won't be copied if it's NULL).
72    Note that `ekind' and `s' are also used to generate a suppression.
73    `s' should therefore not contain data depending on the specific
74    execution (such as addresses, values) but should rather contain
75    e.g. a system call parameter symbolic name.
76    `extra' is also (optionally) used for generating a suppression
77    (see pub_tool_tooliface.h print_extra_suppression_info).
78 
79    If no 'a', 's' or 'extra' of interest needs to be recorded, just use
80    NULL for them.  */
81 extern void VG_(maybe_record_error) ( ThreadId tid, ErrorKind ekind,
82                                       Addr a, const HChar* s, void* extra );
83 
84 /* Similar to VG_(maybe_record_error)(), except this one doesn't record the
85    error -- useful for errors that can only happen once.  The errors can be
86    suppressed, though.  Return value is True if it was suppressed.
87    'print_error' dictates whether to print the error, which is a bit of a
88    hack that's useful sometimes if you just want to know if the error would
89    be suppressed without possibly printing it.  'count_error' dictates
90    whether to add the error in the error total count (another mild hack). */
91 extern Bool VG_(unique_error) ( ThreadId tid, ErrorKind ekind,
92                                 Addr a, const HChar* s, void* extra,
93                                 ExeContext* where, Bool print_error,
94                                 Bool allow_GDB_attach, Bool count_error );
95 
96 /* Gets from fd (an opened suppression file) a non-blank, non-comment
97    line containing suppression extra information (e.g. the syscall
98    line for the Param memcheck suppression kind.  bufpp is a pointer
99    to a buffer that must be allocated with VG_(malloc);
100    nBufp is a pointer to size_t holding its size; if the buffer is too
101    small for the line, it will be realloc'd until big enough (updating
102    *bufpp and *nBufp in the process).  (It will bomb out if the size
103    gets ridiculous).  Skips leading spaces on the line.  Increments
104    *lineno with the number of lines read. Returns True if no extra
105    information line could be read. */
106 extern Bool VG_(get_line) ( Int fd, HChar** bufpp, SizeT* nBufp, Int* lineno );
107 
108 
109 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
110 /* Suppressions describe errors which we want to suppress, ie, not
111    show the user, usually because it is caused by a problem in a library
112    which we can't fix, replace or work around.  Suppressions are read from
113    a file at startup time.  This gives flexibility so that new
114    suppressions can be added to the file as and when needed.
115 */
116 typedef
117    Int         /* Do not make this unsigned! */
118    SuppKind;
119 
120 /* The tool-relevant parts of a suppression are:
121      kind:   what kind of suppression; must be in the range (0..)
122      string: use is optional.  NULL by default.
123      extra:  use is optional.  NULL by default.  void* so it's extensible.
124 */
125 typedef
126    struct _Supp
127    Supp;
128 
129 /* Useful in VG_(tdict).tool_error_matches_suppression() */
130 SuppKind VG_(get_supp_kind)   ( const Supp* su );
131 HChar*   VG_(get_supp_string) ( const Supp* su );
132 void*    VG_(get_supp_extra)  ( const Supp* su );
133 
134 /* Must be used in VG_(recognised_suppression)() */
135 void VG_(set_supp_kind)   ( Supp* su, SuppKind suppkind );
136 /* May be used in VG_(read_extra_suppression_info)() */
137 void VG_(set_supp_string) ( Supp* su, HChar* string );
138 void VG_(set_supp_extra)  ( Supp* su, void* extra );
139 
140 
141 #endif   // __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
142 
143 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
144 /*--- end                                                          ---*/
145 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
146