Test ignored-error storage across translation units

.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ jobs:
           fail_on_failure: 'true'
       - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
 
+  sanitizer:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y cmake gcc moreutils
+      - name: build with AddressSanitizer and UBSan
+        run: |
+          cmake -S . -B build/asan -DAKERR_SANITIZE=address,undefined
+          cmake --build build/asan
+      - name: test with AddressSanitizer and UBSan
+        run: ctest --test-dir build/asan --output-on-failure
+      - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
+
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -158,18 +158,10 @@ add_custom_command(
   VERBATIM
 )
 
-# More than one library target consumes the generated sources below. Route
-# them through one explicit prerequisite so parallel Make builds cannot invoke
-# the same generator twice and interleave writes to errno.c.
-add_custom_target(akerror_generated
-  DEPENDS ${GENERATED_ERRNO_C} ${GENERATED_AKERROR_H}
-)
-
 add_library(akerror SHARED
   src/error.c
   ${GENERATED_ERRNO_C}
 )
-add_dependencies(akerror akerror_generated)
 
 target_include_directories(akerror PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${GENERATED_DIR}/include>
@@ -208,32 +200,6 @@ set_target_properties(akerror PROPERTIES
 akerr_instrument_for_coverage(akerror)
 akerr_instrument_for_sanitizers(akerror)
 
-# akerr_init() must terminate if it cannot reserve the library-owned status
-# band. The production table sizes are deliberately PRIVATE, so exercise that
-# otherwise unreachable startup failure with a second library target whose
-# private registries cannot accept even the first reservation. Keeping this a
-# distinct target is the test: no compile definition leaks into consumers or
-# weakens the production library.
-add_library(akerror_init_failure SHARED
-  src/error.c
-  ${GENERATED_ERRNO_C}
-)
-add_dependencies(akerror_init_failure akerror_generated)
-target_include_directories(akerror_init_failure PUBLIC
-  ${GENERATED_DIR}/include
-)
-target_compile_definitions(akerror_init_failure
-  PUBLIC AKERR_USE_STDLIB=${AKERR_USE_STDLIB}
-  PRIVATE AKERR_STATUS_NAME_SLOTS=8
-  PRIVATE AKERR_MAX_RESERVED_STATUS_RANGES=0
-  PRIVATE ${AKERR_THREADS_DEFINE}
-)
-if(AKERR_THREAD_SAFE)
-    target_link_libraries(akerror_init_failure PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
-endif()
-akerr_instrument_for_coverage(akerror_init_failure)
-akerr_instrument_for_sanitizers(akerror_init_failure)
-
 # Each test is one source file in tests/ built into test_<name> and registered
 # as CTest <name>. Tests expected to abort (unhandled error / contract
 # violation) go in AKERR_WILL_FAIL_TESTS; all others must exit 0.
@@ -261,7 +227,6 @@ set(AKERR_TESTS
     err_registry_init_order
     err_status_exception
     err_copy_string
-    err_init_reservation_fatal
     err_library_status_fatal
     err_refcount_double_fail
     err_stacktrace_bounds
@@ -289,18 +254,13 @@ endif()
 set(AKERR_WILL_FAIL_TESTS
     err_trace
     err_improper_closure
-    err_init_reservation_fatal
     err_library_status_fatal
 )
 
 foreach(_test IN LISTS AKERR_TESTS)
     add_executable(test_${_test} tests/${_test}.c)
     target_include_directories(test_${_test} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
-    if(_test STREQUAL "err_init_reservation_fatal")
-        target_link_libraries(test_${_test} PRIVATE akerror_init_failure)
-    else()
     target_link_libraries(test_${_test} PRIVATE akerror)
-    endif()
     if(AKERR_THREAD_SAFE)
         target_link_libraries(test_${_test} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
     endif()
@@ -322,6 +282,22 @@ foreach(_test IN LISTS AKERR_TESTS)
     endif()
 endforeach()
 
+# The ignored-error slot is declared in the public header but must have one
+# library definition. Compare its address from two translation units, and
+# compile the consumer-facing test with all ordinary warnings enabled: a
+# header-local TLS definition would both duplicate storage and warn when unused.
+add_executable(test_err_ignore_multitu
+               tests/err_ignore_multitu.c
+               tests/err_ignore_multitu_helper.c)
+target_include_directories(test_err_ignore_multitu
+                           PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)
+target_link_libraries(test_err_ignore_multitu PRIVATE akerror)
+target_compile_options(test_err_ignore_multitu PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Werror)
+if(AKERR_THREAD_SAFE)
+    target_link_libraries(test_err_ignore_multitu PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+endif()
+add_test(NAME err_ignore_multitu COMMAND test_err_ignore_multitu)
+
 # HANDLE_GROUP deliberately enters the next case label. Keep that public macro
 # compiling with the warning enabled, so a future macro edit cannot restore the
 # warning for consumers which adopt -Wextra.
@@ -345,14 +321,7 @@ if(Python3_FOUND)
     # The script configures and drives its own instrumented build tree (under
     # ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/coverage) so this build's binaries and its coverage
     # counters can never be stale or half-instrumented. Reports via gcov.
-    # Keep the convenient generic name at the top level, but namespace it when
+    add_custom_target(coverage
-    # embedded so a parent project can provide its own coverage target.
-    if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
-        set(AKERR_COVERAGE_TARGET coverage)
-    else()
-        set(AKERR_COVERAGE_TARGET akerror_coverage)
-    endif()
-    add_custom_target(${AKERR_COVERAGE_TARGET}
         COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE}
                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/coverage.py
                 --source-root ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
@@ -384,6 +353,7 @@ if(Python3_FOUND)
     )
 endif()
 
+set(main_lib_dest "lib/my_library-${MY_LIBRARY_VERSION}")
 install(TARGETS akerror
   EXPORT akerrorTargets
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
@@ -407,17 +377,8 @@ configure_package_config_file(
     INSTALL_DESTINATION ${akerror_install_cmakedir}
 )
 
-# The SOVERSION is the project major version, so packages with the same major
-# are ABI-compatible and a different major must be rejected.
-write_basic_package_version_file(
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/akerrorConfigVersion.cmake"
-    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-    COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion
-)
-
 install(FILES
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/akerrorConfig.cmake"
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/akerrorConfigVersion.cmake"
     DESTINATION ${akerror_install_cmakedir}
 )
 

UPGRADING.md

@@ -132,11 +132,6 @@ One recursive lock covers both the pool and the registry, so error
 correctness there is worth more than throughput, but a program that raises
 errors in a hot loop will feel it.
 
-Releasing the last reference to a context remains serialized under that same
-pool lock, but it now resets only the handled/status/reported state, the string
-heads, and the stack-trace cursor. It no longer wipes the whole context buffer,
-so release is a fixed handful of stores rather than a tens-of-kilobytes write.
-
 The per-thread last-ditch context is a whole `akerr_ErrorContext` (tens of
 kilobytes) in thread-local storage, allocated per thread on first use of the
 library from that thread.

scripts/mutation_test.py

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Usage:
     --work DIR          scratch dir for the mutated copy (default: a temp dir)
     --timeout SECONDS   per-suite ctest timeout (default: 120)
     --threshold PCT     exit non-zero if mutation score < PCT (default: 0 = off)
+    --cmake-arg ARG     pass an additional argument to the mutant CMake configure;
+                        repeat for multiple arguments (e.g. -DAKERR_SANITIZE=thread)
     --list              only list the mutants that would be run, then exit
     --keep              keep the scratch working copy on exit (for debugging)
     -j N                (reserved) currently runs sequentially
@@ -199,10 +201,11 @@ def generate_mutants(root, rel_target):
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
 class Runner:
-    def __init__(self, work, timeout):
+    def __init__(self, work, timeout, cmake_args):
         self.work = work
         self.build = os.path.join(work, "build")
         self.timeout = timeout
+        self.cmake_args = cmake_args
 
     def _run(self, cmd, timeout=None):
         return subprocess.run(
@@ -211,7 +214,8 @@ class Runner:
         )
 
     def configure(self):
-        r = self._run(["cmake", "-S", ".", "-B", "build"], timeout=self.timeout)
+        r = self._run(["cmake", "-S", ".", "-B", "build", *self.cmake_args],
+                      timeout=self.timeout)
         return r.returncode == 0, r.stdout
 
     def build_and_test(self):
@@ -307,6 +311,8 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--work", default=None)
     ap.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=120)
     ap.add_argument("--threshold", type=float, default=0.0)
+    ap.add_argument("--cmake-arg", action="append", default=[],
+                    help="pass an argument to the mutant CMake configure; repeatable")
     ap.add_argument("--junit", default=None,
                     help="write a JUnit XML report to this path")
     ap.add_argument("--max-mutants", type=int, default=0,
@@ -354,7 +360,7 @@ def main():
     print(f"\nCopying sources to scratch dir: {work}")
     copy_tree(root, work)
 
-    runner = Runner(work, args.timeout)
+    runner = Runner(work, args.timeout, args.cmake_arg)
 
     print("Configuring baseline ...")
     ok, out = runner.configure()

src/error.c

@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ typedef struct
 
 static akerr_StatusName akerr_status_names[AKERR_STATUS_NAME_SLOTS];
 static int akerr_status_name_count;
-/* C has no portable zero-length arrays. Keep one unused physical slot when a
+static akerr_StatusRange akerr_status_ranges[AKERR_MAX_RESERVED_STATUS_RANGES];
- * test build sets the logical capacity to zero to drive init's fatal path. */
-static akerr_StatusRange akerr_status_ranges[
-    AKERR_MAX_RESERVED_STATUS_RANGES > 0 ? AKERR_MAX_RESERVED_STATUS_RANGES : 1];
 static int akerr_status_range_count;
 
 akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_ARRAY_ERROR[AKERR_MAX_ARRAY_ERROR];
@@ -380,10 +377,10 @@ akerr_ErrorContext *akerr_next_error()
 }
 
 /*
- * The reset returns the slot to the pool, so it and the decrement that triggers
+ * The wipe returns the slot to the pool, so it and the decrement that triggers
  * it are one operation under the lock. Otherwise a thread that saw the count
  * reach zero could be handed the slot by akerr_next_error() and start writing
- * its error into it while the releasing thread was still resetting it.
+ * its error into it while the releasing thread was still memsetting it.
  */
 akerr_ErrorContext *akerr_release_error(akerr_ErrorContext *err)
 {
@@ -401,13 +398,7 @@ akerr_ErrorContext *akerr_release_error(akerr_ErrorContext *err)
     }
     if ( err->refcount == 0 ) {
 	oldid = err->arrayid;
-	err->handled = false;
+	memset(err, 0x00, sizeof(akerr_ErrorContext));
-	err->status = 0;
-	err->reported = false;
-	err->message[0] = '\0';
-	err->fname[0] = '\0';
-	err->function[0] = '\0';
-	err->stacktracebuf[0] = '\0';
 	err->stacktracebufptr = (char *)&err->stacktracebuf;
 	err->arrayid = oldid;
 	remaining = NULL;
@@ -673,7 +664,7 @@ static akerr_ErrorContext AKERR_NOIGNORE *akerr_reserve_status_range_locked(int
 			"must not overflow int)",
 			count, first_status, owner == NULL ? "(null)" : owner,
 			AKERR_MAX_STATUS_RANGE_OWNER_LENGTH);
-    last_status = first_status + count - 1;
+    last_status = first_status + (count - 1);
 
     for ( int i = 0; i < akerr_status_range_count; i++ ) {
 	if ( first_status <= akerr_status_ranges[i].last &&

tests/MUTATION.md

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ scripts/mutation_test.py --target src/error.c --list
 
 # Gate CI: exit non-zero if the score drops below 90%
 scripts/mutation_test.py --threshold 90
+
+# Check concurrency mutants under ThreadSanitizer
+scripts/mutation_test.py --cmake-arg=-DAKERR_SANITIZE=thread
 ```
 
 Via CMake (configures a build first if needed):
@@ -40,8 +43,10 @@ Via CMake (configures a build first if needed):
 cmake --build build --target mutation
 ```
 
-Useful flags: `--timeout SECONDS` (per-suite build+test cap; a mutant that
+Useful flags: `--cmake-arg ARG` (pass a CMake configure argument to every
-hangs is counted as killed), `--keep` (retain the scratch copy for debugging),
+mutant build; repeat it for multiple arguments), `--timeout SECONDS` (per-suite
+build+test cap; a mutant that hangs is counted as killed), `--keep` (retain the
+scratch copy for debugging),
 `--work DIR` (use a specific scratch directory), `--junit FILE` (write a JUnit
 XML report — surviving mutants appear as failing test cases).
 

tests/err_ignore_multitu.c

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#include "akerror.h"
+#include "err_ignore_multitu.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    akerr_ErrorContext **main_address = &__akerr_last_ignored;
+    akerr_ErrorContext **helper_address = akerr_multitu_snapshot_address();
+
+    if ( main_address != helper_address ) {
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"CHECK FAILED: ignored-error storage differs between translation units\n");
+	return 1;
+    }
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "err_ignore_multitu ok\n");
+    return 0;
+}

tests/err_ignore_multitu.h

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef AKERR_TEST_IGNORE_MULTITU_H
+#define AKERR_TEST_IGNORE_MULTITU_H
+
+#include "akerror.h"
+
+akerr_ErrorContext **akerr_multitu_snapshot_address(void);
+
+#endif

tests/err_ignore_multitu_helper.c

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "err_ignore_multitu.h"
+
+akerr_ErrorContext **akerr_multitu_snapshot_address(void)
+{
+    return &__akerr_last_ignored;
+}

tests/err_init_reservation_fatal.c

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#include "akerror.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-/*
- * This executable links to akerror_init_failure, a test-only library target
- * with no status-range slots. The first reservation in akerr_init() must be
- * terminal: continuing would leave every library status unowned and make all
- * subsequent name registrations invalid.
- *
- * CTest marks this WILL_FAIL. Reaching the message and returning zero means
- * initialization swallowed its own reservation failure.
- */
-int main(void)
-{
-    akerr_init();
-
-    fprintf(stderr, "err_init_reservation_fatal: akerr_init did not terminate\n");
-    return 0;
-}

tests/err_release_clears.c

@@ -1,32 +1,24 @@
 #include "akerror.h"
 #include "err_capture.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 /*
- * Releasing an error context back to the pool must reset the state that affects
+ * Releasing an error context back to the pool must wipe it, so the next caller
- * the next caller. In particular, a handled error must not make a fresh error
+ * that checks it out never sees stale status/message/stacktrace from a previous
- * look handled when its slot is recycled.
+ * error. Mutation testing showed the clearing memset in akerr_release_error
+ * could be deleted without any test noticing.
  */
 
-static int unhandled_calls = 0;
-static int unhandled_status = 0;
-
-static void test_unhandled_handler(akerr_ErrorContext *errctx)
-{
-    unhandled_calls++;
-    unhandled_status = (errctx != NULL) ? errctx->status : 0;
-}
-
 akerr_ErrorContext *boom(void)
 {
     PREPARE_ERROR(e);
-    FAIL_RETURN(e, AKERR_VALUE, "first error is handled");
+    FAIL_RETURN(e, AKERR_VALUE, "stale dirty message that must not survive");
 }
 
 int main(void)
 {
     akerr_capture_install();
     akerr_init();
-    akerr_handler_unhandled_error = &test_unhandled_handler;
 
     /* Raise and fully handle an error; FINISH_NORETURN releases it to the pool. */
     PREPARE_ERROR(e);
@@ -40,31 +32,13 @@ int main(void)
 
     AKERR_CHECK(e == NULL);
 
-    /* A fresh error in the recycled slot must not inherit handled=true. */
+    /* The next context handed out is the slot we just released: it must be clean. */
-    PREPARE_ERROR(fresh);
-    ATTEMPT {
-	CATCH(fresh, boom());
-    } CLEANUP {
-    } PROCESS(fresh) {
-    } FINISH_NORETURN(fresh);
-
-    AKERR_CHECK(unhandled_calls == 1);
-    AKERR_CHECK(unhandled_status == AKERR_VALUE);
-    AKERR_CHECK(fresh == NULL);
-
-    /* The next context handed out is the same slot, with recycle state reset. */
     akerr_ErrorContext *slot = akerr_next_error();
     AKERR_CHECK(slot != NULL);
-    AKERR_CHECK(slot->handled == false);
     AKERR_CHECK(slot->status == 0);
-    AKERR_CHECK(slot->reported == false);
     AKERR_CHECK(slot->message[0] == '\0');
-    AKERR_CHECK(slot->fname[0] == '\0');
-    AKERR_CHECK(slot->function[0] == '\0');
     AKERR_CHECK(slot->stacktracebuf[0] == '\0');
-    AKERR_CHECK(slot->stacktracebufptr == (char *)&slot->stacktracebuf);
+    AKERR_CHECK(strstr(slot->message, "stale dirty message") == NULL);
-    RELEASE_ERROR(slot);
-    AKERR_CHECK(akerr_slots_in_use() == 0);
 
     fprintf(stderr, "err_release_clears ok\n");
     return 0;