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Thread debugging wrapper
I've been sitting on a thread debugging package for a while now, and it
seems to have stabilized. I'll commit it soon unless someone thinks it
should be done differently. It's a wrapper around whatever thread
package is used from libldap_r.
Patch to HEAD:
http://folk.uio.no/hbf/OpenLDAP/thr_debug.diff
New files:
* libraries/libldap_r/ldap_thr_debug.h:
Re#defines ldap_*_thread_* symbols which will be declared by other
files, according to LDAP_THREAD*_IMPLEMENTATION macros #defined before
#including the file.
* libraries/libldap_r/thr_debug.c.
Impact on other files:
* include/ldap_int_thread.h, include/ldap_pvt_thread.h:
- #define ldap_int_thread_equal() and ldap_pvt_thread_equal().
- Move ldap_pvt_thread_*_t declarations from ldap_pvt_thread.h
to ldap_int_thread.h.
- Define some ldap_debug_* types.
- Multiple inclusion gets hairier, since the files can be #included
twice - once with the symbols they declare #defined as the wrapper
symbols.
* libraries/libldap_r/*.c:
- #define LDAP_THREAD*_IMPLEMENTATION as appropriate, then
#include new file "ldap_thr_debug.h".
- Use ldap_pvt_thread_*_t instead of ldap_int_thread_*_t some places.
* libraries/libldap_r/thr_posix.c:
- Use mutex attribute PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK - or
PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP for Linux.
* libraries/libldap_r/tpool.c:
- Remove its private thread-implementation-dependent TID_EQ() macro,
use the new and equivalent ldap_int_thread_equal() instead.
- Needs a preprocessor hack to support thr_debug.
Description, copied from libraries/libldap_r/thr_debug.c:
This package provides three types of thread operation debugging:
- Print error messages and abort() when thread operations fail:
Operations on threads, mutexes, condition variables, rdwr locks.
Some thread pool operations are also checked, but not those for
which failure can happen in normal slapd operation.
- Wrap those types except threads and pools in structs that
contain a state variable or a pointer to dummy allocated memory,
and check that on all operations. The dummy memory variant lets
malloc debuggers see some incorrect use as memory leaks, access
to freed memory, etc.
- Print a count of leaked thread resources after cleanup.
Compile-time (./configure) setup: Macros defined in CPPFLAGS.
LDAP_THREAD_DEBUG or LDAP_THREAD_DEBUG=2
Enables debugging, but value & 2 turns off type wrapping.
LDAP_UINTPTR_T=integer type to hold pointers, preferably unsigned.
Used by dummy memory option "scramble". Default = unsigned long.
In addition, you may need to set up an implementation-specific way
to enable whatever error checking your thread library provides.
Currently only implemented for Posix threads (pthreads), where
you may need to define LDAP_INT_THREAD_MUTEXATTR. The default
is PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK, or PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP for
Linux threads. See pthread_mutexattr_settype(3).
Run-time configuration: Environment variable LDAP_THREAD_DEBUG.
The variable may contain a comma- or space-separated option list.
Options:
off - Disable this package.
Error checking:
noabort - Do not abort() on errors.
noerror - Do not report errors. Implies noabort.
nocount - Do not report counts of unreleased resources.
State variable/dummy memory, unless type wrapping is disabled:
noalloc - Default. Use a state variable, not dummy memory.
dupinit - Implies noalloc. Check if resources that have
not been destroyed are reinitialized. Tools that
report uninitialized memory access should disable
such warnings about debug_already_initialized().
alloc - Allocate dummy memory and store pointers as-is.
Malloc debuggers might not notice unreleased
resources in global variables as memory leaks.
scramble - Store bitwise complement of dummy memory pointer.
That never escapes memory leak detectors -
but detection while the program is running will
report active resources as leaks. Do not
use this if a garbage collector is in use:-)
adjptr - Point to end of dummy memory.
Purify reports these as "potential leaks" (PLK).
I have not checked other malloc debuggers.
Tracing:
tracethreads - Report create/join/exit/kill of threads.
--
Hallvard