Quoting from the bug report:
The pstack library has been included in MySQL since version
4.0.0. It's useless and should be removed.
Details: According to its own documentation, pstack only works
on Linux on x86 in 32 bit mode and requires LinuxThreads and a
statically linked binary. It doesn't really support any Linux
from 2003 or later and doesn't work on any other OS.
- Changed to still use bcmp() in certain cases becasue
- Faster for short unaligneed strings than memcmp()
- Bettern when using valgrind
- Changed to use my_sprintf() instead of sprintf() to get higher portability for old systems
- Changed code to use MariaDB version of select->skip_record()
- Removed -%::SCCS/s.% from Makefile.am:s to remove automake warnings
This will give a smoother experience when using the Aria engine by those that are using default limits
without still causing a notable problem for desktop users.
Remove wrappers around inline -- static inline is used without
wrappers throughout the source code. We rely on the compiler or
linker to eliminate unused static functions.
Remove wrappers around inline -- static inline is used without
wrappers throughout the source code. We rely on the compiler or
linker to eliminate unused static functions.
strict aliasing violations.
Post-merge fix: include my_compiler.h before my_attribute.h
as the latter will undef __attribute__ if the compiler is not
GCC. Based on the compiler version, in my_compiler.h we know
for sure whether the aligned attribute is supported. Furthermore,
undefining attribute might cause bugs if some system header
uses it.
include/my_compiler.h:
Drop aligned attribute support from Sun Studio C++ compiler
as its not clear exactly which version of it supports the
attribute.
strict aliasing violations.
Post-merge fix: include my_compiler.h before my_attribute.h
as the latter will undef __attribute__ if the compiler is not
GCC. Based on the compiler version, in my_compiler.h we know
for sure whether the aligned attribute is supported. Furthermore,
undefining attribute might cause bugs if some system header
uses it.
strict aliasing violations.
Another rather noisy violation of strict aliasing rules
is the spatial code which makes use of stack-based memory
(of type Geometry_buffer) to provide placement for Geometry
objects. Although a placement new is allowed to dynamically
change the type of a object, the object returned by the
new placement was being ignored and the original stack-based
object was being casted to the new type, thus violating strict
aliasing rules.
The solution is to reorganize the code so that the object
returned by the new placement is used instead of casting the
original object. Also, to ensure that the stack-based object
is properly aligned with respect to the objects it provides
placement for, a set of compiler-dependent macros and types
are introduced so that the alignment of objects can be inquired
and specified.
include/Makefile.am:
Add new header.
include/my_compiler.h:
Add new header.
include/my_global.h:
Remove now-unnecessary macros.
sql/spatial.cc:
Make object creation functions return the object whose type
was dynamically changed by the new placement.
Move static method from the header in order to avoid having
to access a forward declaration.
sql/spatial.h:
Object creation callbacks now take a array of chars as the
storage area.
Move create_by_typeid to a source file as to not access the
forward declaration of Geometry_buffer.
Ensure that Geometry_buffer is properly aligned.
sql/sql_show.cc:
Use newly added aligned storage helper.
strict aliasing violations.
Another rather noisy violation of strict aliasing rules
is the spatial code which makes use of stack-based memory
(of type Geometry_buffer) to provide placement for Geometry
objects. Although a placement new is allowed to dynamically
change the type of a object, the object returned by the
new placement was being ignored and the original stack-based
object was being casted to the new type, thus violating strict
aliasing rules.
The solution is to reorganize the code so that the object
returned by the new placement is used instead of casting the
original object. Also, to ensure that the stack-based object
is properly aligned with respect to the objects it provides
placement for, a set of compiler-dependent macros and types
are introduced so that the alignment of objects can be inquired
and specified.
Although the C standard mandates that sprintf return the number
of bytes written, some very ancient systems (i.e. SunOS 4)
returned a pointer to the buffer instead. Since these systems
are not supported anymore and are hopefully long dead by now,
simply remove the portability wrapper that dealt with this
discrepancy. The autoconf check was causing trouble with GCC.
Although the C standard mandates that sprintf return the number
of bytes written, some very ancient systems (i.e. SunOS 4)
returned a pointer to the buffer instead. Since these systems
are not supported anymore and are hopefully long dead by now,
simply remove the portability wrapper that dealt with this
discrepancy. The autoconf check was causing trouble with GCC.
Essentially, the problem is that safemalloc is excruciatingly
slow as it checks all allocated blocks for overrun at each
memory management primitive, yielding a almost exponential
slowdown for the memory management functions (malloc, realloc,
free). The overrun check basically consists of verifying some
bytes of a block for certain magic keys, which catches some
simple forms of overrun. Another minor problem is violation
of aliasing rules and that its own internal list of blocks
is prone to corruption.
Another issue with safemalloc is rather the maintenance cost
as the tool has a significant impact on the server code.
Given the magnitude of memory debuggers available nowadays,
especially those that are provided with the platform malloc
implementation, maintenance of a in-house and largely obsolete
memory debugger becomes a burden that is not worth the effort
due to its slowness and lack of support for detecting more
common forms of heap corruption.
Since there are third-party tools that can provide the same
functionality at a lower or comparable performance cost, the
solution is to simply remove safemalloc. Third-party tools
can provide the same functionality at a lower or comparable
performance cost.
The removal of safemalloc also allows a simplification of the
malloc wrappers, removing quite a bit of kludge: redefinition
of my_malloc, my_free and the removal of the unused second
argument of my_free. Since free() always check whether the
supplied pointer is null, redudant checks are also removed.
Also, this patch adds unit testing for my_malloc and moves
my_realloc implementation into the same file as the other
memory allocation primitives.
client/mysqldump.c:
Pass my_free directly as its signature is compatible with the
callback type -- which wasn't the case for free_table_ent.
Essentially, the problem is that safemalloc is excruciatingly
slow as it checks all allocated blocks for overrun at each
memory management primitive, yielding a almost exponential
slowdown for the memory management functions (malloc, realloc,
free). The overrun check basically consists of verifying some
bytes of a block for certain magic keys, which catches some
simple forms of overrun. Another minor problem is violation
of aliasing rules and that its own internal list of blocks
is prone to corruption.
Another issue with safemalloc is rather the maintenance cost
as the tool has a significant impact on the server code.
Given the magnitude of memory debuggers available nowadays,
especially those that are provided with the platform malloc
implementation, maintenance of a in-house and largely obsolete
memory debugger becomes a burden that is not worth the effort
due to its slowness and lack of support for detecting more
common forms of heap corruption.
Since there are third-party tools that can provide the same
functionality at a lower or comparable performance cost, the
solution is to simply remove safemalloc. Third-party tools
can provide the same functionality at a lower or comparable
performance cost.
The removal of safemalloc also allows a simplification of the
malloc wrappers, removing quite a bit of kludge: redefinition
of my_malloc, my_free and the removal of the unused second
argument of my_free. Since free() always check whether the
supplied pointer is null, redudant checks are also removed.
Also, this patch adds unit testing for my_malloc and moves
my_realloc implementation into the same file as the other
memory allocation primitives.
Apart strict-aliasing warnings, fix the remaining warnings
generated by GCC 4.4.4 -Wall and -Wextra flags.
One major source of warnings was the in-house function my_bcmp
which (unconventionally) took pointers to unsigned characters
as the byte sequences to be compared. Since my_bcmp and bcmp
are deprecated functions whose only difference with memcmp is
the return value, every use of the function is replaced with
memcmp as the special return value wasn't actually being used
by any caller.
There were also various other warnings, mostly due to type
mismatches, missing return values, missing prototypes, dead
code (unreachable) and ignored return values.
BUILD/SETUP.sh:
Remove flags that are implied by -Wall and -Wextra.
Do not warn about unused parameters in C++.
BUILD/check-cpu:
Print only the compiler version instead of verbose banner.
Although the option is gcc specific, the check was only
being used for GCC specific checks anyway.
client/mysql.cc:
bcmp is no longer defined.
client/mysqltest.cc:
Pass a string to function expecting a format string.
Replace use of bcmp with memcmp.
cmd-line-utils/readline/Makefile.am:
Always define _GNU_SOURCE when compiling GNU readline.
Required to make certain prototypes visible.
cmd-line-utils/readline/input.c:
Condition for the code to be meaningful.
configure.in:
Remove check for bcmp.
extra/comp_err.c:
Use appropriate type.
extra/replace.c:
Replace use of bcmp with memcmp.
extra/yassl/src/crypto_wrapper.cpp:
Do not ignore the return value of fgets. Retrieve the file
position if fgets succeed -- if it fails, the function will
bail out and return a error.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/include/blowfish.hpp:
Use a single array instead of accessing positions of the sbox_
through a subscript to pbox_.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/include/runtime.hpp:
One definition of such functions is enough.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/src/aes.cpp:
Avoid potentially ambiguous conditions.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/src/algebra.cpp:
Rename arguments to avoid shadowing related warnings.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/src/blowfish.cpp:
Avoid potentially ambiguous conditions.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/src/integer.cpp:
Do not define type within a anonymous union.
Use a variable to return a value instead of
leaving the result in a register -- compiler
does not know the logic inside the asm.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/src/misc.cpp:
Define handler for pure virtual functions.
Remove unused code.
extra/yassl/taocrypt/src/twofish.cpp:
Avoid potentially ambiguous conditions.
extra/yassl/testsuite/test.hpp:
Function must have C language linkage.
include/m_string.h:
Remove check which relied on bcmp being defined -- they weren't
being used as bcmp is only visible when _BSD_SOURCE is defined.
include/my_bitmap.h:
Remove bogus helpers which were used only in a few files and
were causing warnings about dead code.
include/my_global.h:
Due to G++ bug, always silence false-positive uninitialized
variables warnings when compiling C++ code with G++.
Remove bogus helper.
libmysql/Makefile.shared:
Remove built-in implementation of bcmp.
mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess/safe_process.cc:
Cast pid to largest possible type for a process identifier.
mysys/mf_loadpath.c:
Leave space of the ending nul.
mysys/mf_pack.c:
Replace bcmp with memcmp.
mysys/my_bitmap.c:
Dead code removal.
mysys/my_gethwaddr.c:
Remove unused variable.
mysys/my_getopt.c:
Silence bogus uninitialized variable warning.
Do not cast away the constant qualifier.
mysys/safemalloc.c:
Cast to expected type.
mysys/thr_lock.c:
Silence bogus uninitialized variable warning.
sql/field.cc:
Replace bogus helper with a more appropriate logic which is
used throughout the code.
sql/item.cc:
Remove bogus logical condition which always evaluates to TRUE.
sql/item_create.cc:
Simplify code to avoid signedness related warnings.
sql/log_event.cc:
Replace use of bcmp with memcmp.
No need to use helpers for simple bit operations.
sql/log_event_old.cc:
Replace bmove_align with memcpy.
sql/mysqld.cc:
Move use declaration of variable to the ifdef block where it
is used. Remove now-unnecessary casts and arguments.
sql/set_var.cc:
Replace bogus helpers with simple and classic bit operations.
sql/slave.cc:
Cast to expected type and silence bogus warning.
sql/sql_class.h:
Don't use enum values as bit flags, the supposed type safety is
bogus as the combined bit flags are not a value in the enumeration.
sql/udf_example.c:
Only declare variable when necessary.
sql/unireg.h:
Replace use of bmove_align with memcpy.
storage/innobase/os/os0file.c:
Silence bogus warning.
storage/myisam/mi_open.c:
Remove bogus cast, DBUG_DUMP expects a pointer to unsigned
char.
storage/myisam/mi_page.c:
Remove bogus cast, DBUG_DUMP expects a pointer to unsigned
char.
strings/bcmp.c:
Remove built-in bcmp.
strings/ctype-ucs2.c:
Silence bogus warning.
tests/mysql_client_test.c:
Use a appropriate type as expected by simple_command().
Apart strict-aliasing warnings, fix the remaining warnings
generated by GCC 4.4.4 -Wall and -Wextra flags.
One major source of warnings was the in-house function my_bcmp
which (unconventionally) took pointers to unsigned characters
as the byte sequences to be compared. Since my_bcmp and bcmp
are deprecated functions whose only difference with memcmp is
the return value, every use of the function is replaced with
memcmp as the special return value wasn't actually being used
by any caller.
There were also various other warnings, mostly due to type
mismatches, missing return values, missing prototypes, dead
code (unreachable) and ignored return values.
