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bug #57195: cell (1e24,1) does not produce immediate error

Submitter:  A.R. Burgers <arb>
Submitted:  Sat 09 Nov 2019 03:25:31 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Interpreter Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Regression
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * dev Operating System:  * GNU/Linux
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Thu 19 Dec 2019 05:15:55 PM UTC, comment #6: 

I originally noticed this in bug #57438.

Running the test suite with the address sanitizer passes with the following change:

diff -r d053ff4321b5 liboctave/array/Array.h
--- a/liboctave/array/Array.h        Thu Dec 19 17:42:46 2019 +0100
+++ b/liboctave/array/Array.h        Thu Dec 19 18:10:45 2019 +0100
@@ -155,11 +155,22 @@
     ArrayRep (void) : data (new T [0]), len (0), count (1) { }

     explicit ArrayRep (octave_idx_type n)
-      : data (new T [n]), len (n), count (1) { }
+      : data (new (std::nothrow) T [n]), len (n), count (1)
+      {
+        if (! data)
+          (*current_liboctave_error_handler)
+            ("Out of memory while allocating array with %"
+             OCTAVE_IDX_TYPE_FORMAT " elements.", n);
+      }

     explicit ArrayRep (octave_idx_type n, const T& val)
-      : data (new T [n]), len (n), count (1)
+      : data (new (std::nothrow) T [n]), len (n), count (1)
     {
+        if (! data)
+          (*current_liboctave_error_handler)
+            ("Out of memory while allocating array with %"
+             OCTAVE_IDX_TYPE_FORMAT " elements.", n);
+
       std::fill_n (data, n, val);
     }


Not sure why that would be any better though.

See also this bug against the sanitizer:
https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/740

I'm also no longer sure if this really is the same bug.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Thu 19 Dec 2019 04:58:09 PM UTC, comment #5: 

This is a much bigger issue than it appears.  I am going to have to revert a previous changeset and think up a new way of dealing with corner case octave_idx_types.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Wed 18 Dec 2019 12:45:02 PM UTC, comment #4: 

Should xidx_type_value (and also idx_type_value?) error if the value is larger than Octave's index type?

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Sat 09 Nov 2019 07:32:34 PM UTC, comment #3: 

Okay, I know the problem but will check on Octave Maintainer's list about the correct approach to a solution.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Sat 09 Nov 2019 04:01:22 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Indeed, I built with --disable-64, both dev and stable.

A.R. Burgers <arb>
Sat 09 Nov 2019 03:50:17 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I get an immediate error with the dev version which makes sens because 1e24 is well above the size of Octave's index type even with 64-bit integers.

Are you by chance configuring with --disable-64 and using 32-bit integers for octave_idx_type?  I can reproduce the problem on a build where that is the case.

Rik <rik5>
Group administrator
Sat 09 Nov 2019 03:25:31 PM UTC, original submission:  

cell(1.e24,1) is a test in ov-cell.cc-tst

on octave-5.1.1


octave:1> version
ans = 5.1.1
octave:2> cell(1.e24,1)
error: out of memory or dimension too large for Octave's index type


On dev memory consumption grows quickly on executing cell(1.24,1), as observed in "top" program or other process monitor. The command is difficult to interrupt with <Ctrl-C>

This is detected as a FAIL in ov-cell.cc-tst on dev.

A.R. Burgers <arb>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2019-12-18 mmuetzel Dependencies- bugs #57438 is dependent
    2019-11-09 rik5 StatusNone Confirmed
        Summarycell(1.e24,1) does not produce error cell (1e24,1) does not produce immediate error

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