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Re: CVS commit: src/external/bsd/dhcpcd/dist/src



On 04.08.2018 01:31, Robert Elz wrote:
> Kamil: assuming you agree that this is a reasonable analysis, I'd suggest
> no more code changes based upon gcc warnings issued this way.

In general there shall not be a relation between -O level and
sanitizers. Sanitizers do not need -O0  or -g for operation. UBSan does
not need disabled optimization for reporting issues in exact location in
the code. It also does not need debug information (DWARF or similar)...
however a runtime might make use of the additional data to print more
verbose messages or stacktraces.

GCC is known for reporting uninitialized variables and I wouldn't blame
sanitizers for it. We just initialize them to tune it down and this is
the current practice.

GCC also enables more warnings for UBSan that have to be addressed in
order to compile the source, as the code would be UB anyway (like
changing the signedness bit with a shift operation).

I don't agree with strong opinions against cautious warnings/errors from
a compiler. They are there for purpose and dhcpcd could be really broken
with the same code, but with a different context.

And regarding utility of the Undefined Behavior Sanitizer and coverage
of new tests.. we have just caught a bug on pmax that an integer
overflow crashed the kernel:

UB caused to crash pmax.. divrem_overflow_signed_div: pexpect reported
EOF - VMM exited unexpectedly

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