http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54962
Bug #: 54962
Summary: Strange-looking diagnostics from
diagnostic_report_current_module() from warnings
emitted during LTO
Classification: Unclassified
Product: gcc
Version: 4.7.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: lto
AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: dmalc...@redhat.com
I'm working on a whole-program static analyzer that runs from a gcc plugin
during lto1 when invoked via
-flto -flto-partition=none
as an IPA_PASS registered before "whole-program".
I'm currently emitting errors using error_at() with inform() to give extra
information on the (possibly interprocedural) execution path taken to reach the
error. This works, but leads to unusual-looking output.
For example, with:
$ gcc -flto -flto-partition=none [...various plugin args...] input-f.c
input-g.c input-h.c
my code detects a double-free involving an execution path between input-h.c and
input-g.c and calls
error_at("double-free of r")
on a location_t from input-h.c and gets this strange output on stderr:
In file included from test.h:1:0,
from /usr/include/stdlib.h:489,
from input-f.c:14,
from :3:
input-h.c:13:9: error: double-free of r
it then calls
inform("q passed to free()")
on a location_t from input-g.c (to show the location of the 1st free call) and
gets this on stderr:
In file included from test.h:1:0,
from /usr/include/stdlib.h:489,
from input-f.c:14,
from :3:
input-g.c:11:7: note: q passed to free()
In both cases, the "In file included from " hierarchies look bogus: the files
are being directly compiled, not included.
Debugging, it comes from gcc/diagnostic.c:diagnostic_report_current_module()
where I see this code:
275 if (map && diagnostic_last_module_changed (context, map))
276 {
277 diagnostic_set_last_module (context, map);
278 if (! MAIN_FILE_P (map))
279 {
280 map = INCLUDED_FROM (line_table, map);
281 if (context->show_column)
282 pp_verbatim (context->printer,
283 "In file included from %s:%d:%d",
284 LINEMAP_FILE (map),
285 LAST_SOURCE_LINE (map), LAST_SOURCE_COLUMN (map));
286 else
287 pp_verbatim (context->printer,
288 "In file included from %s:%d",
289 LINEMAP_FILE (map), LAST_SOURCE_LINE (map));
290 while (! MAIN_FILE_P (map))
291 {
292 map = INCLUDED_FROM (line_table, map);
This code appears to assume (via MAIN_FILE_P) that there is a concept of a main
file, and that everything else is included from it. However in the context of
diagnostics emitted during LTO it's not clear that this concept makes sense (or
maybe I'm missing something? I also wonder if by attempting to issue
diagnostics from within lto1 if I'm in unexplored territory here?)
This is called by default_tree_diagnostic_starter FWIW; perhaps lto1 needs its
own implementation of this?
