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      1 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
      2 /*--- ErrorMgr: management of errors and suppressions.             ---*/
      3 /*---                                          pub_tool_errormgr.h ---*/
      4 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
      5 
      6 /*
      7    This file is part of Valgrind, a dynamic binary instrumentation
      8    framework.
      9 
     10    Copyright (C) 2000-2013 Julian Seward
     11       jseward (at) acm.org
     12 
     13    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     14    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
     15    published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
     16    License, or (at your option) any later version.
     17 
     18    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
     19    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     20    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     21    General Public License for more details.
     22 
     23    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     24    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     25    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
     26    02111-1307, USA.
     27 
     28    The GNU General Public License is contained in the file COPYING.
     29 */
     30 
     31 #ifndef __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
     32 #define __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
     33 
     34 #include "pub_tool_execontext.h"
     35 
     36 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
     37 /* Error records contain enough info to generate an error report.  The idea
     38    is that (typically) the same few points in the program generate thousands
     39    of errors, and we don't want to spew out a fresh error message for each
     40    one.  Instead, we use these structures to common up duplicates.
     41 */
     42 
     43 typedef
     44    Int         /* Do not make this unsigned! */
     45    ErrorKind;
     46 
     47 /* The tool-relevant parts of an Error are:
     48      kind:   what kind of error; must be in the range (0..)
     49      addr:   use is optional.  0 by default.
     50      string: use is optional.  NULL by default.
     51      extra:  use is optional.  NULL by default.  void* so it's extensible.
     52 */
     53 typedef
     54    struct _Error
     55    Error;
     56 
     57 /* Useful in VG_(tdict).tool_error_matches_suppression(),
     58  * VG_(tdict).tool_pp_Error(), etc */
     59 ExeContext*  VG_(get_error_where)   ( Error* err );
     60 ErrorKind    VG_(get_error_kind)    ( Error* err );
     61 Addr         VG_(get_error_address) ( Error* err );
     62 const HChar* VG_(get_error_string)  ( Error* err );
     63 void*        VG_(get_error_extra)   ( Error* err );
     64 
     65 /* Call this when an error occurs.  It will be recorded if it hasn't been
     66    seen before.  If it has, the existing error record will have its count
     67    incremented.
     68 
     69    'tid' can be found as for VG_(record_ExeContext)().  The `extra' field can
     70    be stack-allocated;  it will be copied by the core if needed (but it
     71    won't be copied if it's NULL).
     72 
     73    If no 'a', 's' or 'extra' of interest needs to be recorded, just use
     74    NULL for them.  */
     75 extern void VG_(maybe_record_error) ( ThreadId tid, ErrorKind ekind,
     76                                       Addr a, const HChar* s, void* extra );
     77 
     78 /* Similar to VG_(maybe_record_error)(), except this one doesn't record the
     79    error -- useful for errors that can only happen once.  The errors can be
     80    suppressed, though.  Return value is True if it was suppressed.
     81    'print_error' dictates whether to print the error, which is a bit of a
     82    hack that's useful sometimes if you just want to know if the error would
     83    be suppressed without possibly printing it.  'count_error' dictates
     84    whether to add the error in the error total count (another mild hack). */
     85 extern Bool VG_(unique_error) ( ThreadId tid, ErrorKind ekind,
     86                                 Addr a, const HChar* s, void* extra,
     87                                 ExeContext* where, Bool print_error,
     88                                 Bool allow_GDB_attach, Bool count_error );
     89 
     90 /* Gets from fd (an opened suppression file) a non-blank, non-comment
     91    line containing suppression extra information (e.g. the syscall
     92    line for the Param memcheck suppression kind.  bufpp is a pointer
     93    to a pointer to a buffer that must be allocated with VG_(malloc);
     94    nBufp is a pointer to size_t holding its size; if the buffer is too
     95    small for the line, it will be realloc'd until big enough (updating
     96    *bufpp and *nBufp in the process).  (It will bomb out if the size
     97    gets ridiculous).  Skips leading spaces on the line.  Increments
     98    lineno with the number of lines read if lineno is non-NULL. Returns
     99    True if no extra information line could be read. */
    100 extern Bool VG_(get_line) ( Int fd, HChar** bufpp, SizeT* nBufp, Int* lineno );
    101 
    102 
    103 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
    104 /* Suppressions describe errors which we want to suppress, ie, not
    105    show the user, usually because it is caused by a problem in a library
    106    which we can't fix, replace or work around.  Suppressions are read from
    107    a file at startup time.  This gives flexibility so that new
    108    suppressions can be added to the file as and when needed.
    109 */
    110 typedef
    111    Int         /* Do not make this unsigned! */
    112    SuppKind;
    113 
    114 /* The tool-relevant parts of a suppression are:
    115      kind:   what kind of suppression; must be in the range (0..)
    116      string: use is optional.  NULL by default.
    117      extra:  use is optional.  NULL by default.  void* so it's extensible.
    118 */
    119 typedef
    120    struct _Supp
    121    Supp;
    122 
    123 /* Useful in VG_(tdict).tool_error_matches_suppression() */
    124 SuppKind VG_(get_supp_kind)   ( Supp* su );
    125 HChar*   VG_(get_supp_string) ( Supp* su );
    126 void*    VG_(get_supp_extra)  ( Supp* su );
    127 
    128 /* Must be used in VG_(recognised_suppression)() */
    129 void VG_(set_supp_kind)   ( Supp* su, SuppKind suppkind );
    130 /* May be used in VG_(read_extra_suppression_info)() */
    131 void VG_(set_supp_string) ( Supp* su, HChar* string );
    132 void VG_(set_supp_extra)  ( Supp* su, void* extra );
    133 
    134 
    135 #endif   // __PUB_TOOL_ERRORMGR_H
    136 
    137 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    138 /*--- end                                                          ---*/
    139 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
    140