Bug 589924

Summary: bad dwarf cfi data in qpid-cpp binary
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Mark Wielaard <mjw>
Component: qpid-cppAssignee: Kim van der Riet <kim.vdriet>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: MRG Quality Engineering <mrgqe-bugs>
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Version: 6.0CC: jneedle, syeghiay
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Fixed In Version: qpid-cpp-0.7.946106-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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python script to check for bad cfi in a binary none

Description Mark Wielaard 2010-05-07 10:11:12 UTC 
Description of problem:

An old version of gcc generated bad dwarf cfi expressions. This would not impact the functioning of the package itself, but might make debugging the binary with gdb, or tracing with systemtap less practical. This isn't a very high priority. But if the package can be rebuild with a current toolchain, gcc-4.4.3-19.el6 or later, that would solve this issue. Background information: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-04/msg01422.html This only affects a very small number of packages (and only the i686 binaries).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

qpid-cpp-server-0.7.935473-1.el6.i686 (/usr/sbin/qpidd)

The attached check_cfi.py script (thanks to Petr Machata) can be used to check the output of readelf --debug-dump=frames to see whether the faulty dwarf cfi expressions are present in the binary. There should be no output, currently the output is:

readelf --debug-dump=frames /usr/sbin/qpidd | tail -n +3 | python check_cfi.py
['00000000', '0000001c', '00000000', 'CIE']
   DW_CFA_def_cfa: r4 (esp) ofs 4
   DW_CFA_offset: r8 (eip) at cfa-4
   DW_CFA_nop
   DW_CFA_nop
['000002a8', '00000048', '000002ac', 'FDE', 'cie=00000000', 'pc=08050b40..0805192e']
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 4 to 08050b44
>  DW_CFA_def_cfa: r1 (ecx) ofs 0
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 9 to 08050b4d
   DW_CFA_expression: r5 (ebp) (DW_OP_breg5: 0)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 10 to 08050b57
>  DW_CFA_def_cfa_expression (DW_OP_breg5: -16; DW_OP_deref)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 33 to 08050b78
   DW_CFA_expression: r3 (ebx) (DW_OP_breg5: -12)
   DW_CFA_expression: r6 (esi) (DW_OP_breg5: -8)
   DW_CFA_expression: r7 (edi) (DW_OP_breg5: -4)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc2: 1554 to 0805118a
   DW_CFA_remember_state
>  DW_CFA_def_cfa_register: r1 (ecx)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 1 to 0805118b
   DW_CFA_restore: r3 (ebx)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 1 to 0805118c
   DW_CFA_restore: r6 (esi)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 1 to 0805118d
   DW_CFA_restore: r7 (edi)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 1 to 0805118e
   DW_CFA_restore: r5 (ebp)
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 3 to 08051191
   DW_CFA_def_cfa: r4 (esp) ofs 4
   DW_CFA_advance_loc: 1 to 08051192
   DW_CFA_restore_state
   DW_CFA_nop
   DW_CFA_nop
   DW_CFA_nop
error in instr #16, DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
Comment 2 Mark Wielaard 2010-05-07 10:29:18 UTC 
Created attachment 412298 [details]
python script to check for bad cfi in a binary
Comment 3 Kim van der Riet 2010-05-07 11:10:45 UTC 
Since these packages were built in Brew, what is the procedure for persuading Brew to use the newer (or current from a RHEL-6 perspective) toolchain?
Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2010-05-07 11:31:06 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.
Comment 5 Kim van der Riet 2010-05-19 19:13:21 UTC 
A spot check of the latest build (qpid-cpp-0.7.946106-1) /usr/sbin/qpidd shows that this issue is fixed (as expected) by using updated tools in brew. I have not checked all binaries.
Comment 6 Mark Wielaard 2010-05-19 19:19:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> A spot check of the latest build (qpid-cpp-0.7.946106-1) /usr/sbin/qpidd shows
> that this issue is fixed (as expected) by using updated tools in brew. I have
> not checked all binaries.    

The issue was originally found only in that one binary, and not in any others, so this should now be fine. Thanks.
Comment 9 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-07-02 20:53:39 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta 2 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.