From:	eyal DOT ben-david AT aks DOT com
To:	ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Message-ID:	<4225652E.006E7333.00@aks.com>
Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:45:17 +0200
Subject:	Re: Bug in __builtin_new in GCC!!
Mime-Version:	1.0

On 10/11/97 12:55:45 AM ao950 wrote:

>Compiling a C++ program I encountered repeated SIGSEGV in __builtin_new.
>The lines causing the problem are
>
>array=new int[_size*2]
>
>and
>
>if (!_next) _next=new BlankListItem
>
>Debugger use showed that _size is a legit value in the former occurrence,
>namely 1, so _size*2 is 2. Array is a local variable of type int *. _size
>is a member of an object and the object came from a pointer, but the
>object exists (pointer is valid) so accessing _size isn't causing it to
seg
>out.
>In the latter case, similarly _next is legitimate, has value NULL, and
>this time there aren't even any arguments to new.
>
>I am forced to conclude that there is a bug in GCC's implementation of
>new, because new is apparently segging out when every input to new is
>legit. I verified that the malloc arena is not being corrupted.
>Specifically, I am nowhere writing arrays out of bounds, everything I new
>I delete, everything I array-new I array-delete, and I'm not leaking core.
>
>Here is a traceback for the latter occurrence:
I think this is a too early conclusion !!

I (tried) compiled your program with DJGPP and  Borland C++
but with maximum warnings. DJGPP compiled it but issued some warnings.
BC++ refused to compile it. (ie BC found errors at the same line DJGPP
displayed
warnings)


DJGPP:
 gxx groups.cc  -Wall -pedantic  -o groups.exe

output:
you have the compiler. try and see.

Borland C++ 5.02:
bcc32 -w -w-inl groups.cpp

output:
Borland C++ 5.2 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 1997 Borland International
groups.cpp:
Error groups.h 273: Cannot convert 'int *' to 'int * *' in function
GroupTable::GroupTable(int)
Error groups.h 274: Cannot convert 'BlankListItem * *' to 'BlankListItem *
* *' in function GroupTable::GroupTable(int)
Error groups.h 278: Cannot convert 'BlankListItem *' to 'BlankListItem * *'
 in function GroupTable::GroupTable(int)
Error groups.h 292: Cannot convert 'int *' to 'int * *' in function
GroupTable::GroupTable(GroupTable &)
Error groups.h 293: Cannot convert 'BlankListItem * *' to 'BlankListItem *
* *' in function GroupTable::GroupTable(GroupTable &)
Error groups.h 297: Cannot convert 'BlankListItem *' to 'BlankListItem * *'
 in function GroupTable::GroupTable(GroupTable &)

See ? there are still errors.

The first error for example is at line:
     int**  table=new (int *)[order];  // this code is illegal ANSI/ISO C++

You want  "order" elements of type (int*).
you can write:
     int** table = (int**) ::operator new( order * sizeof(int*));  // this
compiles fine.

dont forget to #include <new.h> and use 'operator delete' to release
memory.
i.e.
     ::operator delete (table);

Eyal.

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