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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 #include "base/debug/stack_trace.h"
      6 
      7 #include <errno.h>
      8 #include <execinfo.h>
      9 #include <fcntl.h>
     10 #include <signal.h>
     11 #include <stdio.h>
     12 #include <stdlib.h>
     13 #include <sys/param.h>
     14 #include <sys/stat.h>
     15 #include <sys/types.h>
     16 #include <unistd.h>
     17 
     18 #include <ostream>
     19 
     20 #if defined(__GLIBCXX__)
     21 #include <cxxabi.h>
     22 #endif
     23 
     24 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
     25 #include <AvailabilityMacros.h>
     26 #endif
     27 
     28 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     29 #include "base/debug/debugger.h"
     30 #include "base/logging.h"
     31 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
     32 #include "base/posix/eintr_wrapper.h"
     33 #include "base/strings/string_number_conversions.h"
     34 
     35 #if defined(USE_SYMBOLIZE)
     36 #include "base/third_party/symbolize/symbolize.h"
     37 #endif
     38 
     39 namespace base {
     40 namespace debug {
     41 
     42 namespace {
     43 
     44 volatile sig_atomic_t in_signal_handler = 0;
     45 
     46 // The prefix used for mangled symbols, per the Itanium C++ ABI:
     47 // http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html#mangling
     48 const char kMangledSymbolPrefix[] = "_Z";
     49 
     50 // Characters that can be used for symbols, generated by Ruby:
     51 // (('a'..'z').to_a+('A'..'Z').to_a+('0'..'9').to_a + ['_']).join
     52 const char kSymbolCharacters[] =
     53     "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_";
     54 
     55 #if !defined(USE_SYMBOLIZE)
     56 // Demangles C++ symbols in the given text. Example:
     57 //
     58 // "out/Debug/base_unittests(_ZN10StackTraceC1Ev+0x20) [0x817778c]"
     59 // =>
     60 // "out/Debug/base_unittests(StackTrace::StackTrace()+0x20) [0x817778c]"
     61 void DemangleSymbols(std::string* text) {
     62   // Note: code in this function is NOT async-signal safe (std::string uses
     63   // malloc internally).
     64 
     65 #if defined(__GLIBCXX__)
     66 
     67   std::string::size_type search_from = 0;
     68   while (search_from < text->size()) {
     69     // Look for the start of a mangled symbol, from search_from.
     70     std::string::size_type mangled_start =
     71         text->find(kMangledSymbolPrefix, search_from);
     72     if (mangled_start == std::string::npos) {
     73       break;  // Mangled symbol not found.
     74     }
     75 
     76     // Look for the end of the mangled symbol.
     77     std::string::size_type mangled_end =
     78         text->find_first_not_of(kSymbolCharacters, mangled_start);
     79     if (mangled_end == std::string::npos) {
     80       mangled_end = text->size();
     81     }
     82     std::string mangled_symbol =
     83         text->substr(mangled_start, mangled_end - mangled_start);
     84 
     85     // Try to demangle the mangled symbol candidate.
     86     int status = 0;
     87     scoped_ptr_malloc<char> demangled_symbol(
     88         abi::__cxa_demangle(mangled_symbol.c_str(), NULL, 0, &status));
     89     if (status == 0) {  // Demangling is successful.
     90       // Remove the mangled symbol.
     91       text->erase(mangled_start, mangled_end - mangled_start);
     92       // Insert the demangled symbol.
     93       text->insert(mangled_start, demangled_symbol.get());
     94       // Next time, we'll start right after the demangled symbol we inserted.
     95       search_from = mangled_start + strlen(demangled_symbol.get());
     96     } else {
     97       // Failed to demangle.  Retry after the "_Z" we just found.
     98       search_from = mangled_start + 2;
     99     }
    100   }
    101 
    102 #endif  // defined(__GLIBCXX__)
    103 }
    104 #endif  // !defined(USE_SYMBOLIZE)
    105 
    106 class BacktraceOutputHandler {
    107  public:
    108   virtual void HandleOutput(const char* output) = 0;
    109 
    110  protected:
    111   virtual ~BacktraceOutputHandler() {}
    112 };
    113 
    114 void OutputPointer(void* pointer, BacktraceOutputHandler* handler) {
    115   char buf[1024] = { '\0' };
    116   handler->HandleOutput(" [0x");
    117   internal::itoa_r(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(pointer),
    118                    buf, sizeof(buf), 16, 12);
    119   handler->HandleOutput(buf);
    120   handler->HandleOutput("]");
    121 }
    122 
    123 void ProcessBacktrace(void *const *trace,
    124                       int size,
    125                       BacktraceOutputHandler* handler) {
    126   // NOTE: This code MUST be async-signal safe (it's used by in-process
    127   // stack dumping signal handler). NO malloc or stdio is allowed here.
    128 
    129 #if defined(USE_SYMBOLIZE)
    130   for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    131     OutputPointer(trace[i], handler);
    132     handler->HandleOutput(" ");
    133 
    134     char buf[1024] = { '\0' };
    135 
    136     // Subtract by one as return address of function may be in the next
    137     // function when a function is annotated as noreturn.
    138     void* address = static_cast<char*>(trace[i]) - 1;
    139     if (google::Symbolize(address, buf, sizeof(buf)))
    140       handler->HandleOutput(buf);
    141     else
    142       handler->HandleOutput("<unknown>");
    143 
    144     handler->HandleOutput("\n");
    145   }
    146 #else
    147   bool printed = false;
    148 
    149   // Below part is async-signal unsafe (uses malloc), so execute it only
    150   // when we are not executing the signal handler.
    151   if (in_signal_handler == 0) {
    152     scoped_ptr_malloc<char*> trace_symbols(backtrace_symbols(trace, size));
    153     if (trace_symbols.get()) {
    154       for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    155         std::string trace_symbol = trace_symbols.get()[i];
    156         DemangleSymbols(&trace_symbol);
    157         handler->HandleOutput(trace_symbol.c_str());
    158         handler->HandleOutput("\n");
    159       }
    160 
    161       printed = true;
    162     }
    163   }
    164 
    165   if (!printed) {
    166     for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    167       OutputPointer(trace[i], handler);
    168       handler->HandleOutput("\n");
    169     }
    170   }
    171 #endif  // defined(USE_SYMBOLIZE)
    172 }
    173 
    174 void PrintToStderr(const char* output) {
    175   // NOTE: This code MUST be async-signal safe (it's used by in-process
    176   // stack dumping signal handler). NO malloc or stdio is allowed here.
    177   ignore_result(HANDLE_EINTR(write(STDERR_FILENO, output, strlen(output))));
    178 }
    179 
    180 void StackDumpSignalHandler(int signal, siginfo_t* info, void* void_context) {
    181   // NOTE: This code MUST be async-signal safe.
    182   // NO malloc or stdio is allowed here.
    183 
    184   // Record the fact that we are in the signal handler now, so that the rest
    185   // of StackTrace can behave in an async-signal-safe manner.
    186   in_signal_handler = 1;
    187 
    188   if (BeingDebugged())
    189     BreakDebugger();
    190 
    191   PrintToStderr("Received signal ");
    192   char buf[1024] = { 0 };
    193   internal::itoa_r(signal, buf, sizeof(buf), 10, 0);
    194   PrintToStderr(buf);
    195   if (signal == SIGBUS) {
    196     if (info->si_code == BUS_ADRALN)
    197       PrintToStderr(" BUS_ADRALN ");
    198     else if (info->si_code == BUS_ADRERR)
    199       PrintToStderr(" BUS_ADRERR ");
    200     else if (info->si_code == BUS_OBJERR)
    201       PrintToStderr(" BUS_OBJERR ");
    202     else
    203       PrintToStderr(" <unknown> ");
    204   } else if (signal == SIGFPE) {
    205     if (info->si_code == FPE_FLTDIV)
    206       PrintToStderr(" FPE_FLTDIV ");
    207     else if (info->si_code == FPE_FLTINV)
    208       PrintToStderr(" FPE_FLTINV ");
    209     else if (info->si_code == FPE_FLTOVF)
    210       PrintToStderr(" FPE_FLTOVF ");
    211     else if (info->si_code == FPE_FLTRES)
    212       PrintToStderr(" FPE_FLTRES ");
    213     else if (info->si_code == FPE_FLTSUB)
    214       PrintToStderr(" FPE_FLTSUB ");
    215     else if (info->si_code == FPE_FLTUND)
    216       PrintToStderr(" FPE_FLTUND ");
    217     else if (info->si_code == FPE_INTDIV)
    218       PrintToStderr(" FPE_INTDIV ");
    219     else if (info->si_code == FPE_INTOVF)
    220       PrintToStderr(" FPE_INTOVF ");
    221     else
    222       PrintToStderr(" <unknown> ");
    223   } else if (signal == SIGILL) {
    224     if (info->si_code == ILL_BADSTK)
    225       PrintToStderr(" ILL_BADSTK ");
    226     else if (info->si_code == ILL_COPROC)
    227       PrintToStderr(" ILL_COPROC ");
    228     else if (info->si_code == ILL_ILLOPN)
    229       PrintToStderr(" ILL_ILLOPN ");
    230     else if (info->si_code == ILL_ILLADR)
    231       PrintToStderr(" ILL_ILLADR ");
    232     else if (info->si_code == ILL_ILLTRP)
    233       PrintToStderr(" ILL_ILLTRP ");
    234     else if (info->si_code == ILL_PRVOPC)
    235       PrintToStderr(" ILL_PRVOPC ");
    236     else if (info->si_code == ILL_PRVREG)
    237       PrintToStderr(" ILL_PRVREG ");
    238     else
    239       PrintToStderr(" <unknown> ");
    240   } else if (signal == SIGSEGV) {
    241     if (info->si_code == SEGV_MAPERR)
    242       PrintToStderr(" SEGV_MAPERR ");
    243     else if (info->si_code == SEGV_ACCERR)
    244       PrintToStderr(" SEGV_ACCERR ");
    245     else
    246       PrintToStderr(" <unknown> ");
    247   }
    248   if (signal == SIGBUS || signal == SIGFPE ||
    249       signal == SIGILL || signal == SIGSEGV) {
    250     internal::itoa_r(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(info->si_addr),
    251                      buf, sizeof(buf), 16, 12);
    252     PrintToStderr(buf);
    253   }
    254   PrintToStderr("\n");
    255 
    256   debug::StackTrace().PrintBacktrace();
    257 
    258 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
    259 #if ARCH_CPU_X86_FAMILY
    260   ucontext_t* context = reinterpret_cast<ucontext_t*>(void_context);
    261   const struct {
    262     const char* label;
    263     greg_t value;
    264   } registers[] = {
    265 #if ARCH_CPU_32_BITS
    266     { "  gs: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_GS] },
    267     { "  fs: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_FS] },
    268     { "  es: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ES] },
    269     { "  ds: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_DS] },
    270     { " edi: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EDI] },
    271     { " esi: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ESI] },
    272     { " ebp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EBP] },
    273     { " esp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ESP] },
    274     { " ebx: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EBX] },
    275     { " edx: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EDX] },
    276     { " ecx: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ECX] },
    277     { " eax: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EAX] },
    278     { " trp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_TRAPNO] },
    279     { " err: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ERR] },
    280     { "  ip: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EIP] },
    281     { "  cs: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_CS] },
    282     { " efl: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EFL] },
    283     { " usp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_UESP] },
    284     { "  ss: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_SS] },
    285 #elif ARCH_CPU_64_BITS
    286     { "  r8: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R8] },
    287     { "  r9: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R9] },
    288     { " r10: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R10] },
    289     { " r11: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R11] },
    290     { " r12: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R12] },
    291     { " r13: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R13] },
    292     { " r14: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R14] },
    293     { " r15: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R15] },
    294     { "  di: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RDI] },
    295     { "  si: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RSI] },
    296     { "  bp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RBP] },
    297     { "  bx: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RBX] },
    298     { "  dx: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RDX] },
    299     { "  ax: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RAX] },
    300     { "  cx: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RCX] },
    301     { "  sp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RSP] },
    302     { "  ip: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RIP] },
    303     { " efl: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EFL] },
    304     { " cgf: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_CSGSFS] },
    305     { " erf: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_ERR] },
    306     { " trp: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_TRAPNO] },
    307     { " msk: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_OLDMASK] },
    308     { " cr2: ", context->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_CR2] },
    309 #endif
    310   };
    311 
    312 #if ARCH_CPU_32_BITS
    313   const int kRegisterPadding = 8;
    314 #elif ARCH_CPU_64_BITS
    315   const int kRegisterPadding = 16;
    316 #endif
    317 
    318   for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE_UNSAFE(registers); i++) {
    319     PrintToStderr(registers[i].label);
    320     internal::itoa_r(registers[i].value, buf, sizeof(buf),
    321                      16, kRegisterPadding);
    322     PrintToStderr(buf);
    323 
    324     if ((i + 1) % 4 == 0)
    325       PrintToStderr("\n");
    326   }
    327   PrintToStderr("\n");
    328 #endif
    329 #elif defined(OS_MACOSX)
    330   // TODO(shess): Port to 64-bit.
    331 #if ARCH_CPU_X86_FAMILY && ARCH_CPU_32_BITS
    332   ucontext_t* context = reinterpret_cast<ucontext_t*>(void_context);
    333   size_t len;
    334 
    335   // NOTE: Even |snprintf()| is not on the approved list for signal
    336   // handlers, but buffered I/O is definitely not on the list due to
    337   // potential for |malloc()|.
    338   len = static_cast<size_t>(
    339       snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
    340                "ax: %x, bx: %x, cx: %x, dx: %x\n",
    341                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__eax,
    342                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__ebx,
    343                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__ecx,
    344                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__edx));
    345   write(STDERR_FILENO, buf, std::min(len, sizeof(buf) - 1));
    346 
    347   len = static_cast<size_t>(
    348       snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
    349                "di: %x, si: %x, bp: %x, sp: %x, ss: %x, flags: %x\n",
    350                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__edi,
    351                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__esi,
    352                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__ebp,
    353                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__esp,
    354                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__ss,
    355                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__eflags));
    356   write(STDERR_FILENO, buf, std::min(len, sizeof(buf) - 1));
    357 
    358   len = static_cast<size_t>(
    359       snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
    360                "ip: %x, cs: %x, ds: %x, es: %x, fs: %x, gs: %x\n",
    361                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__eip,
    362                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__cs,
    363                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__ds,
    364                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__es,
    365                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__fs,
    366                context->uc_mcontext->__ss.__gs));
    367   write(STDERR_FILENO, buf, std::min(len, sizeof(buf) - 1));
    368 #endif  // ARCH_CPU_32_BITS
    369 #endif  // defined(OS_MACOSX)
    370   _exit(1);
    371 }
    372 
    373 class PrintBacktraceOutputHandler : public BacktraceOutputHandler {
    374  public:
    375   PrintBacktraceOutputHandler() {}
    376 
    377   virtual void HandleOutput(const char* output) OVERRIDE {
    378     // NOTE: This code MUST be async-signal safe (it's used by in-process
    379     // stack dumping signal handler). NO malloc or stdio is allowed here.
    380     PrintToStderr(output);
    381   }
    382 
    383  private:
    384   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PrintBacktraceOutputHandler);
    385 };
    386 
    387 class StreamBacktraceOutputHandler : public BacktraceOutputHandler {
    388  public:
    389   explicit StreamBacktraceOutputHandler(std::ostream* os) : os_(os) {
    390   }
    391 
    392   virtual void HandleOutput(const char* output) OVERRIDE {
    393     (*os_) << output;
    394   }
    395 
    396  private:
    397   std::ostream* os_;
    398 
    399   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StreamBacktraceOutputHandler);
    400 };
    401 
    402 void WarmUpBacktrace() {
    403   // Warm up stack trace infrastructure. It turns out that on the first
    404   // call glibc initializes some internal data structures using pthread_once,
    405   // and even backtrace() can call malloc(), leading to hangs.
    406   //
    407   // Example stack trace snippet (with tcmalloc):
    408   //
    409   // #8  0x0000000000a173b5 in tc_malloc
    410   //             at ./third_party/tcmalloc/chromium/src/debugallocation.cc:1161
    411   // #9  0x00007ffff7de7900 in _dl_map_object_deps at dl-deps.c:517
    412   // #10 0x00007ffff7ded8a9 in dl_open_worker at dl-open.c:262
    413   // #11 0x00007ffff7de9176 in _dl_catch_error at dl-error.c:178
    414   // #12 0x00007ffff7ded31a in _dl_open (file=0x7ffff625e298 "libgcc_s.so.1")
    415   //             at dl-open.c:639
    416   // #13 0x00007ffff6215602 in do_dlopen at dl-libc.c:89
    417   // #14 0x00007ffff7de9176 in _dl_catch_error at dl-error.c:178
    418   // #15 0x00007ffff62156c4 in dlerror_run at dl-libc.c:48
    419   // #16 __GI___libc_dlopen_mode at dl-libc.c:165
    420   // #17 0x00007ffff61ef8f5 in init
    421   //             at ../sysdeps/x86_64/../ia64/backtrace.c:53
    422   // #18 0x00007ffff6aad400 in pthread_once
    423   //             at ../nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_once.S:104
    424   // #19 0x00007ffff61efa14 in __GI___backtrace
    425   //             at ../sysdeps/x86_64/../ia64/backtrace.c:104
    426   // #20 0x0000000000752a54 in base::debug::StackTrace::StackTrace
    427   //             at base/debug/stack_trace_posix.cc:175
    428   // #21 0x00000000007a4ae5 in
    429   //             base::(anonymous namespace)::StackDumpSignalHandler
    430   //             at base/process_util_posix.cc:172
    431   // #22 <signal handler called>
    432   StackTrace stack_trace;
    433 }
    434 
    435 }  // namespace
    436 
    437 #if !defined(OS_IOS)
    438 bool EnableInProcessStackDumping() {
    439   // When running in an application, our code typically expects SIGPIPE
    440   // to be ignored.  Therefore, when testing that same code, it should run
    441   // with SIGPIPE ignored as well.
    442   struct sigaction sigpipe_action;
    443   memset(&sigpipe_action, 0, sizeof(sigpipe_action));
    444   sigpipe_action.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
    445   sigemptyset(&sigpipe_action.sa_mask);
    446   bool success = (sigaction(SIGPIPE, &sigpipe_action, NULL) == 0);
    447 
    448   // Avoid hangs during backtrace initialization, see above.
    449   WarmUpBacktrace();
    450 
    451   struct sigaction action;
    452   memset(&action, 0, sizeof(action));
    453   action.sa_flags = SA_RESETHAND | SA_SIGINFO;
    454   action.sa_sigaction = &StackDumpSignalHandler;
    455   sigemptyset(&action.sa_mask);
    456 
    457   success &= (sigaction(SIGILL, &action, NULL) == 0);
    458   success &= (sigaction(SIGABRT, &action, NULL) == 0);
    459   success &= (sigaction(SIGFPE, &action, NULL) == 0);
    460   success &= (sigaction(SIGBUS, &action, NULL) == 0);
    461   success &= (sigaction(SIGSEGV, &action, NULL) == 0);
    462   success &= (sigaction(SIGSYS, &action, NULL) == 0);
    463 
    464   return success;
    465 }
    466 #endif  // !defined(OS_IOS)
    467 
    468 StackTrace::StackTrace() {
    469   // NOTE: This code MUST be async-signal safe (it's used by in-process
    470   // stack dumping signal handler). NO malloc or stdio is allowed here.
    471 
    472   // Though the backtrace API man page does not list any possible negative
    473   // return values, we take no chance.
    474   count_ = std::max(backtrace(trace_, arraysize(trace_)), 0);
    475 }
    476 
    477 void StackTrace::PrintBacktrace() const {
    478   // NOTE: This code MUST be async-signal safe (it's used by in-process
    479   // stack dumping signal handler). NO malloc or stdio is allowed here.
    480 
    481   PrintBacktraceOutputHandler handler;
    482   ProcessBacktrace(trace_, count_, &handler);
    483 }
    484 
    485 void StackTrace::OutputToStream(std::ostream* os) const {
    486   StreamBacktraceOutputHandler handler(os);
    487   ProcessBacktrace(trace_, count_, &handler);
    488 }
    489 
    490 namespace internal {
    491 
    492 // NOTE: code from sandbox/linux/seccomp-bpf/demo.cc.
    493 char *itoa_r(intptr_t i, char *buf, size_t sz, int base, size_t padding) {
    494   // Make sure we can write at least one NUL byte.
    495   size_t n = 1;
    496   if (n > sz)
    497     return NULL;
    498 
    499   if (base < 2 || base > 16) {
    500     buf[0] = '\000';
    501     return NULL;
    502   }
    503 
    504   char *start = buf;
    505 
    506   uintptr_t j = i;
    507 
    508   // Handle negative numbers (only for base 10).
    509   if (i < 0 && base == 10) {
    510     j = -i;
    511 
    512     // Make sure we can write the '-' character.
    513     if (++n > sz) {
    514       buf[0] = '\000';
    515       return NULL;
    516     }
    517     *start++ = '-';
    518   }
    519 
    520   // Loop until we have converted the entire number. Output at least one
    521   // character (i.e. '0').
    522   char *ptr = start;
    523   do {
    524     // Make sure there is still enough space left in our output buffer.
    525     if (++n > sz) {
    526       buf[0] = '\000';
    527       return NULL;
    528     }
    529 
    530     // Output the next digit.
    531     *ptr++ = "0123456789abcdef"[j % base];
    532     j /= base;
    533 
    534     if (padding > 0)
    535       padding--;
    536   } while (j > 0 || padding > 0);
    537 
    538   // Terminate the output with a NUL character.
    539   *ptr = '\000';
    540 
    541   // Conversion to ASCII actually resulted in the digits being in reverse
    542   // order. We can't easily generate them in forward order, as we can't tell
    543   // the number of characters needed until we are done converting.
    544   // So, now, we reverse the string (except for the possible "-" sign).
    545   while (--ptr > start) {
    546     char ch = *ptr;
    547     *ptr = *start;
    548     *start++ = ch;
    549   }
    550   return buf;
    551 }
    552 
    553 }  // namespace internal
    554 
    555 }  // namespace debug
    556 }  // namespace base
    557