I am a bit nervous about the GCC4 comment in GeneratedMessageFactory::singleton (message.cc):
// No need for thread-safety here because this will be called at static // initialization time. (And GCC4 makes this thread-safe anyway.) I'm using gcc 3.3.3. The singleton object in GeneratedMessageFactory::singleton, is a local static of non-POD type. The C++ standard says: An implementation is permitted to perform early initialization of other local objects with static storage duration under the same conditions that an implementation is permitted to statically initialize an object with static storage duration in namespace scope (3.6.2). Otherwise such an object is initialized the first time control passes through its declaration; such an object is considered initialized upon the completion of its initialization. I don't think the language standard addresses what "first time control passes through its declaration" means when two threads call the function simultaneously. Perhaps gcc4 provides features that make that safe. I don't know if that is something that can be relied on in all compilers, however. Ray ________________________________ From: Kenton Varda [mailto:ken...@google.com] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:08 PM To: Rizzuto, Raymond Cc: protobuf@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: intermittent issue with encode (version 2.0.3) I suppose you could also temporarily edit the header file. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Rizzuto, Raymond <raymond.rizz...@sig.com<mailto:raymond.rizz...@sig.com>> wrote: I'm trying to, without success. Breakpoints in header files, at least with the version of tools I have, don't work very well. ________________________________ From: Kenton Varda [mailto:ken...@google.com<mailto:ken...@google.com>] Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 5:02 PM To: Rizzuto, Raymond Cc: protobuf@googlegroups.com<mailto:protobuf@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: intermittent issue with encode (version 2.0.3) Run in a debugger and set a breakpoint at wire_format_inl.h:289. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Rizzuto, Raymond <raymond.rizz...@sig.com<mailto:raymond.rizz...@sig.com>> wrote: I think I have an error in my code (C++) that only occurs when I have multiple threads, and a lot of message volume. Even then, I can run the same test many times, but only get a failure on some runs. With 7 threads running on a 4 core machine, and generating 480384 google protocol buffer messages, I get 33 errors like this to stdout: libprotobuf ERROR /siglinux/tc/sles9sp4_gcc-3.3.3_i686/sig1/protobuf-2.0.3/include/google/protobuf/wire_format_inl.h:289] Encountered string containing invalid UTF-8 data while serializing protocol buffer. Strings must contain only UTF-8; use the 'bytes' type for raw bytes. I believe that the data is in error since I get similar errors decoding the messages: libprotobuf ERROR /siglinux/tc/sles9sp4_gcc-3.3.3_i686/sig1/protobuf-2.0.3/include/google/protobuf/wire_format_inl.h:138] Encountered string containing invalid UTF-8 data while parsing protocol buffer. Strings must contain only UTF-8; use the 'bytes' type for raw bytes. Is there any way that I can check for this at run time so that I can print out more context? I do call IsInitialized before serializing, but that doesn't check for this case. I am running on SLES9SP4, using gcc 3.3.3 as the compiler. Ray ________________________________ Ray Rizzuto raymond.rizz...@sig.com<mailto:raymond.rizz...@sig.com> Susquehanna International Group (610)747-2336 (W) (215)776-3780 (C) ________________________________ IMPORTANT: The information contained in this email and/or its attachments is confidential. 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