Bug 500206 - valgrind complains
Summary: valgrind complains
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python
Version: 14
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: James Antill
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 658949
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-05-11 17:04 UTC by Jan Kratochvil
Modified: 2012-08-16 21:55 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-08-16 21:55:37 UTC
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Fix for x86_64. (1.45 KB, patch)
2009-05-11 20:20 UTC, Jan Kratochvil
no flags Details | Diff

Description Jan Kratochvil 2009-05-11 17:04:24 UTC
Description of problem:
Python library has various memory issues such as reading already freed memory.
This makes it hard/impossible to use valgrind on applications linking with libpython (such as Fedora gdb).
I did not investigate if the python code can cause real problems; expecting it does not.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-libs-2.6-7.fc11.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
valgrind python
  
Actual results:==31196== Memcheck, a memory error detector.
==31196== Copyright (C) 2002-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==31196== Using LibVEX rev 1884, a library for dynamic binary translation.
==31196== Copyright (C) 2004-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
==31196== Using valgrind-3.4.1, a dynamic binary instrumentation framework.
==31196== Copyright (C) 2000-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==31196== For more details, rerun with: -v
==31196== 
==31196== Invalid read of size 4
==31196==    at 0x37C0E85423: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0E59AAA: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF1A27: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF2F74: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF3203: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF3871: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF3E03: PyImport_ImportModuleLevel (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0ED90AE: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0E43CE2: PyObject_Call (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0ED95F2: PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EDC275: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EE1122: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==  Address 0x4d29020 is 192 bytes inside a block of size 568 free'd
==31196==    at 0x4A0633D: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:323)
==31196==    by 0x37A986760F: __fopen_internal (in /lib64/libc-2.9.90.so)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF0553: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF30AD: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF3203: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF3871: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EF3E03: PyImport_ImportModuleLevel (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0ED90AE: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0E43CE2: PyObject_Call (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0ED95F2: PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EDC275: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196==    by 0x37C0EE1122: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==31196== 
==31196== Invalid read of size 4
==31196==    at 0x37C0E85423: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
[...]

Expected results:
==31272== Memcheck, a memory error detector.
==31272== Copyright (C) 2002-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==31272== Using LibVEX rev 1884, a library for dynamic binary translation.
==31272== Copyright (C) 2004-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
==31272== Using valgrind-3.4.1, a dynamic binary instrumentation framework.
==31272== Copyright (C) 2000-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==31272== For more details, rerun with: -v
==31272== 
==31272== 
==31272== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 6 from 2)
==31272== malloc/free: in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
==31272== malloc/free: 29 allocs, 29 frees, 3,920 bytes allocated.
==31272== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v
==31272== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible.

Additional info:

Comment 1 James Antill 2009-05-11 19:00:06 UTC
 I assume you didn't use /usr/share/doc/python-devel-2.*/valgrind-python.supp
in the python-devel package?

Comment 2 Jan Kratochvil 2009-05-11 20:19:42 UTC
Thanks, I was not aware of it, I could probably Google it. :-/

It just needs a fix - attached - for x86_64 as otherwise I get (even after enabling the ### lines of PyObject_Free+PyObject_Realloc there):

==30722== Memcheck, a memory error detector.
==30722== Copyright (C) 2002-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==30722== Using LibVEX rev 1884, a library for dynamic binary translation.
==30722== Copyright (C) 2004-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP.
==30722== Using valgrind-3.4.1, a dynamic binary instrumentation framework.
==30722== Copyright (C) 2000-2008, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==30722== For more details, rerun with: -v
==30722== 
==30722== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==30722==    at 0x37C0E85446: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E59A95: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E97740: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E59B62: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF1A27: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF2F74: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF3203: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF3871: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF3E03: PyImport_ImportModuleLevel (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0ED90AE: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E43CE2: PyObject_Call (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0ED95F2: PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722== 
==30722== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==30722==    at 0x37C0E85446: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E3C2ED: PyGrammar_AddAccelerators (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E3D104: PyParser_New (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E3D172: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFC6C1: PyParser_ASTFromString (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFCAC7: PyRun_StringFlags (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0ED87DD: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EDF472: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EE0804: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EE1122: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EE1231: PyEval_EvalCode (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF15E3: PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722== 
==30722== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==30722==    at 0x37C0E85FCA: PyObject_Realloc (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E3C971: PyNode_AddChild (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E3CCDF: PyParser_AddToken (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E3D203: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFC6C1: PyParser_ASTFromString (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFCAC7: PyRun_StringFlags (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EDE3EF: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EE1122: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EDF857: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EE1122: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EDF857: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EE0804: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
Python 2.6 (r26:66714, Mar 17 2009, 11:44:14) 
[GCC 4.4.0 20090313 (Red Hat 4.4.0-0.26)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 
==30722== 
==30722== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==30722==    at 0x37C0E85446: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E59AAA: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E6E942: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E7D946: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E804AF: PyDict_SetItem (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E81FB9: _PyModule_Clear (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF46C1: PyImport_Cleanup (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFD58C: Py_Finalize (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0F0A36A: Py_Main (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37A981E9DC: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.9.90.so)
==30722== 
==30722== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==30722==    at 0x37C0E85446: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E6E972: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E7D946: (within /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E804AF: PyDict_SetItem (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E8206C: _PyModule_Clear (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EF46C1: PyImport_Cleanup (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFD58C: Py_Finalize (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0F0A36A: Py_Main (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37A981E9DC: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.9.90.so)
==30722== 
==30722== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==30722==    at 0x37C0E85446: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0E7DB4A: PyDict_Fini (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0EFD604: Py_Finalize (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37C0F0A36A: Py_Main (in /usr/lib64/libpython2.6.so.1.0)
==30722==    by 0x37A981E9DC: (below main) (in /lib64/libc-2.9.90.so)
==30722== 
==30722== ERROR SUMMARY: 12 errors from 6 contexts (suppressed: 621 from 6)
==30722== malloc/free: in use at exit: 1,308,316 bytes in 521 blocks.
==30722== malloc/free: 3,068 allocs, 2,547 frees, 3,291,475 bytes allocated.
==30722== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v
==30722== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from
==30722== searching for pointers to 521 not-freed blocks.
==30722== checked 1,456,816 bytes.
==30722== 
==30722== LEAK SUMMARY:
==30722==    definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
==30722==      possibly lost: 6,104 bytes in 13 blocks.
==30722==    still reachable: 1,302,212 bytes in 508 blocks.
==30722==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks.
==30722== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory.

Comment 3 Jan Kratochvil 2009-05-11 20:20:23 UTC
Created attachment 343503 [details]
Fix for x86_64.

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2009-06-09 15:38:32 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

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Comment 7 Jan Kratochvil 2010-12-15 23:38:18 UTC
python-2.7-8.fc14.1.x86_64
valgrind-3.5.0-19.fc14.x86_64

/usr/bin/valgrind python
==952== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==952== Copyright (C) 2002-2009, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==952== Using Valgrind-3.5.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==952== Command: python
==952== 
==952== Invalid read of size 4
==952==    at 0x4F23B28: convertitem (getargs.c:1142)
==952==    by 0x4F25DA2: vgetargs1 (getargs.c:345)
==952==    by 0x4F2634C: _PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT (getargs.c:97)
==952==    by 0x4F4F595: posix_do_stat.clone.1 (posixmodule.c:1482)
==952==    by 0x4F1665A: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4071)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F18161: PyEval_EvalCode (ceval.c:670)
==952==    by 0x4F28D01: PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (import.c:681)
==952==    by 0x4F2904D: load_source_module (import.c:1021)
==952==    by 0x4F2A0DE: import_submodule (import.c:2596)
==952==  Address 0x61010e8 is 40 bytes inside a block of size 41 alloc'd
==952==    at 0x4C27E46: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:195)
==952==    by 0x4EB9153: PyObject_Malloc (obmalloc.c:935)
==952==    by 0x4EC102B: string_concat (stringobject.c:1060)
==952==    by 0x4EC1ED4: PyString_Concat (stringobject.c:3855)
==952==    by 0x4F0FF07: string_concatenate (ceval.c:4906)
==952==    by 0x4F161E5: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:1603)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4E9EC61: function_call (funcobject.c:526)
==952==    by 0x4E75FC2: PyObject_Call (abstract.c:2522)
==952==    by 0x4F14F98: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4384)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952== 
==952== Invalid read of size 4
==952==    at 0x4F23B3D: convertitem (getargs.c:1142)
==952==    by 0x4F25DA2: vgetargs1 (getargs.c:345)
==952==    by 0x4F2634C: _PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT (getargs.c:97)
==952==    by 0x4F4F595: posix_do_stat.clone.1 (posixmodule.c:1482)
==952==    by 0x4F1665A: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4071)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F18161: PyEval_EvalCode (ceval.c:670)
==952==    by 0x4F28D01: PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (import.c:681)
==952==    by 0x4F2904D: load_source_module (import.c:1021)
==952==    by 0x4F2A0DE: import_submodule (import.c:2596)
==952==  Address 0x6101c8c is 44 bytes inside a block of size 45 alloc'd
==952==    at 0x4C27F3E: realloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:476)
==952==    by 0x4EC1F8C: _PyString_Resize (stringobject.c:3899)
==952==    by 0x4F10044: string_concatenate (ceval.c:4890)
==952==    by 0x4F161E5: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:1603)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4E9EC61: function_call (funcobject.c:526)
==952==    by 0x4E75FC2: PyObject_Call (abstract.c:2522)
==952==    by 0x4F14F98: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4384)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F18161: PyEval_EvalCode (ceval.c:670)
==952==    by 0x4F28D01: PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (import.c:681)
==952== 
==952== Invalid read of size 4
==952==    at 0x4F23B28: convertitem (getargs.c:1142)
==952==    by 0x4F2583D: vgetargskeywords (getargs.c:1607)
==952==    by 0x4F26578: _PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords_SizeT (getargs.c:1453)
==952==    by 0x4E96519: file_init (fileobject.c:2307)
==952==    by 0x4ED16B7: type_call (typeobject.c:725)
==952==    by 0x4E75FC2: PyObject_Call (abstract.c:2522)
==952==    by 0x4F1665A: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4071)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952==  Address 0x617a9b8 is 72 bytes inside a block of size 73 alloc'd
==952==    at 0x4C27F3E: realloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:476)
==952==    by 0x4EC1F8C: _PyString_Resize (stringobject.c:3899)
==952==    by 0x4F10044: string_concatenate (ceval.c:4890)
==952==    by 0x4F161E5: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:1603)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952== 
==952== Invalid read of size 4
==952==    at 0x4F23B3D: convertitem (getargs.c:1142)
==952==    by 0x4F25DA2: vgetargs1 (getargs.c:345)
==952==    by 0x4F2634C: _PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT (getargs.c:97)
==952==    by 0x4F4E99E: posix_listdir (posixmodule.c:2311)
==952==    by 0x4F1665A: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4071)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F18161: PyEval_EvalCode (ceval.c:670)
==952==    by 0x4F28D01: PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (import.c:681)
==952==  Address 0x67f3f64 is 68 bytes inside a block of size 71 alloc'd
==952==    at 0x4C27E46: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:195)
==952==    by 0x4EB9153: PyObject_Malloc (obmalloc.c:935)
==952==    by 0x4EC102B: string_concat (stringobject.c:1060)
==952==    by 0x4EC1ED4: PyString_Concat (stringobject.c:3855)
==952==    by 0x4F0FF07: string_concatenate (ceval.c:4906)
==952==    by 0x4F161E5: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:1603)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1771C: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4157)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952==    by 0x4F1804C: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:3311)
==952==    by 0x4F16639: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:4167)
==952== 
Python 2.7 (r27:82500, Sep 16 2010, 18:02:00) 
[GCC 4.5.1 20100907 (Red Hat 4.5.1-3)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 
==952== 
==952== HEAP SUMMARY:
==952==     in use at exit: 897,836 bytes in 4,773 blocks
==952==   total heap usage: 38,157 allocs, 33,384 frees, 9,044,309 bytes allocated
==952== 
==952== LEAK SUMMARY:
==952==    definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==952==    indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==952==      possibly lost: 774,596 bytes in 4,455 blocks
==952==    still reachable: 123,240 bytes in 318 blocks
==952==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==952== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==952== 
==952== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==952== ERROR SUMMARY: 13 errors from 4 contexts (suppressed: 12 from 8)

Comment 8 Jan Kratochvil 2010-12-29 06:07:04 UTC
Duplicate but filed for valgrind: Bug 658949

Comment 9 Dave Malcolm 2011-10-10 16:04:37 UTC
Note that more recent versions of Python detect if they're being run under valgrind and automatically suppress the arena allocator, as of this build:

* Wed Dec 16 2009 David Malcolm <dmalcolm> - 2.6.4-4
- automatically disable arena allocator when run under valgrind (upstream
issue 2422; patch 52)

On this Fedora 15 box, with python-2.7.1-7.fc15.x86_64

==14690== LEAK SUMMARY:
==14690==    definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==14690==    indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==14690==      possibly lost: 299,030 bytes in 1,198 blocks
==14690==    still reachable: 876,699 bytes in 7,882 blocks
==14690==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==14690== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are not shown.
==14690== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes

Comment 10 Jan Kratochvil 2011-10-10 16:43:17 UTC
I do not care much about memory leaks but there were other memory access errors.
Fortunately (tested only startup in F-16.x86_64) it also seems fixed, great, GDB may get debuggable even without --without-python.

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