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Copyright 2019 Damian Jarek
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
(See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or https://www.bfgroup.xyz/b2/LICENSE.txt)
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= Sanitizers
This example shows how to enable sanitizers when using a clang or gcc toolset
.`main.cpp`
[source,cpp]
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include::../../example/sanitizers/main.cpp[tag=source]
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Our `jamroot.jam` is minimal and only specifies one `exe` target for the
program:
.`jamroot.jam`
[source,jam]
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include::jamroot.jam[]
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Sanitizers can be enabled by passing `on` or `norecover` to the appropriate sanitizer feature
(e.g. `thread-sanitizer=on`). The `norecover` option causes the program to terminate after
the first sanitizer issue is detected. The following example shows how to enable `address` and `undefined`
sanitizers in a simple program:
[source,bash]
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> cd /example/sanitizers
> b2 toolset=gcc address-sanitizer=norecover undefined-sanitizer=on
...found 10 targets...
...updating 7 targets...
gcc.compile.c++ bin/gcc-7.3.0/debug/address-sanitizer-norecover/undefined-sanitizer-on/main.o
gcc.link bin/gcc-7.3.0/debug/address-sanitizer-norecover/undefined-sanitizer-on/main
...updated 7 targets...
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Running the produced program may produce an output simillar to the following:
[source,bash]
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> ./bin/gcc-7.3.0/debug/address-sanitizer-norecover/undefined-sanitizer-on/main
Hello sanitizers
main.cpp:6:43: runtime error: load of null pointer of type 'char'
ASAN:DEADLYSIGNAL
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==29767==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000000 (pc 0x55ba7988af1b bp 0x7ffdf3d76560 sp 0x7ffdf3d76530 T0)
==29767==The signal is caused by a READ memory access.
==29767==Hint: address points to the zero page.
#0 0x55ba7988af1a in main /home/damian/projects/boost/tools/build/example/sanitizers/main.cpp:6
#1 0x7f42f2ba1b96 in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x21b96)
#2 0x55ba7988adb9 in _start (/home/damian/projects/boost/tools/build/example/sanitizers/bin/gcc-7.3.0/debug/address-sanitizer-norecover/undefined-sanitizer-on/main+0xdb9)
AddressSanitizer can not provide additional info.
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: SEGV /home/damian/projects/boost/tools/build/example/sanitizers/main.cpp:6 in main
==29767==ABORTING
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NOTE: The actual paths in the `bin` sub-directory will depend on your
toolset and configuration. The presented output may vary depending on your compiler version.
