[Bug binutils/14352] grep -P dumps when using large regex, version 2.5.1

2012-07-12 Thread robert.klima at gmail dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14352

--- Comment #1 from Robert Klima robert.klima at gmail dot com 2012-07-12 
07:46:56 UTC ---
It even happens here:

klr@vwglnx02:~ ( echo 'if ( GetProfileStr( GLOBAL, HW, ins, iVar-hw,
sizeof( iVar-hw ) - 1,'; echo '   pcx-iniFile )) x=2;  /* return
value not used */' ) | grep -P
'(?s)if\s*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*(?#innerpart)[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)];'
Aborted (core dumped)

Robert Klima, Dev. Manager, UC4 Software Inc.

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[Bug binutils/14352] New: grep -P dumps when using large regex, version 2.5.1

2012-07-11 Thread robert.klima at gmail dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14352

 Bug #: 14352
   Summary: grep -P dumps when using large regex, version 2.5.1
   Product: binutils
   Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
  Severity: normal
  Priority: P2
 Component: binutils
AssignedTo: unassig...@sourceware.org
ReportedBy: robert.kl...@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified


This causes grep to dump:

klr@vwglnx02:~ ( echo 'if ( GetProfileStr( GLOBAL, HW, ins, iVar-hw,
sizeof( iVar-hw ) - 1,'; echo '   pcx-iniFile )) x=2;  /* return
value not used */' ) | grep -P
'(?s)if\s*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()](?#innerpart)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)]\s*((?#a_comment)\s*[/][*]([^*]|[*][^/])*[*][/]\s*)*;'
Aborted (core dumped)

remove these three chars x=2 and it works:

klr@vwglnx02:~ ( echo 'if ( GetProfileStr( GLOBAL, HW, ins, iVar-hw,
sizeof( iVar-hw ) - 1,'; echo '   pcx-iniFile )) ;  /* return
value not used */' ) | grep -P
'(?s)if\s*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()]*([^()]*[(][^()](?#innerpart)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)][^()]*)*[^()]*[)]\s*((?#a_comment)\s*[/][*]([^*]|[*][^/])*[*][/]\s*)*;'
if ( GetProfileStr( GLOBAL, HW, ins, iVar-hw, sizeof( iVar-hw ) - 1,
   pcx-iniFile )) ;  /* return value not used */

klr@vwglnx02:~ grep --version
grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1

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Explanation of the regex:
The regex is a straight forward aproach to check for balanced parantheses in
C-code and then to check whether there is an if-statement or not (empty
if-statement).
It is necessary to code such a complex regex like this as regex normally cannot
be used to deal with balanced parantheses.

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