Commit 218bb57 ("build-sys: check static linking of UBSAN", 2018-02-13)
adds a small test program to check whether ubsan works even when
configuring with --static. This added program is used to
detect all sanitizers, which breaks ASan's detection since the
compilation fails with -fsanitize=address, at least with gcc 5.4.0
and 7.2.0:

  qemu-conf.c: In function ‘main’:
  qemu-conf.c:3:20: error: integer overflow in expression [-Werror=overflow]
     return INT32_MIN / -1;
                      ^
  cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

Fix it by:

- Changing the test program to one that incurs undefined behaviour that isn't
  detected at compile-time, even with -fsanitize=address.

- To be extra safe (since compilers might evolve and eventually figure out
  the UB at compile-time), use this newly-added test only when checking
  for UBSan; use the skeleton otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
---
 configure | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 913e148..56f647f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5306,13 +5306,13 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 # checks for sanitizers
 
-# we could use a simple skeleton for flags checks, but this also
-# detect the static linking issue of ubsan, see also:
+# Use this program to detect the static linking issue of ubsan; see
 # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84285
 cat > $TMPC << EOF
-#include <stdint.h>
-int main(void) {
-  return INT32_MIN / -1;
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  int k = 0x7fffffff;
+  k += argc;
+  return 0;
 }
 EOF
 
@@ -5322,12 +5322,16 @@ have_asan_iface_h=no
 have_asan_iface_fiber=no
 
 if test "$sanitizers" = "yes" ; then
+  if compile_prog "$CPU_CFLAGS -Werror -fsanitize=undefined" ""; then
+    have_ubsan=yes
+  fi
+
+  # Use the skeleton for all other sanitizer checks
+  write_c_skeleton
+
   if compile_prog "$CPU_CFLAGS -Werror -fsanitize=address" ""; then
       have_asan=yes
   fi
-  if compile_prog "$CPU_CFLAGS -Werror -fsanitize=undefined" ""; then
-      have_ubsan=yes
-  fi
 
   if check_include "sanitizer/asan_interface.h" ; then
       have_asan_iface_h=yes
-- 
2.7.4

Hi

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 2:03 AM, Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org> wrote:
> Commit 218bb57 ("build-sys: check static linking of UBSAN", 2018-02-13)
> adds a small test program to check whether ubsan works even when
> configuring with --static. This added program is used to
> detect all sanitizers, which breaks ASan's detection since the
> compilation fails with -fsanitize=address, at least with gcc 5.4.0
> and 7.2.0:
>
>   qemu-conf.c: In function ‘main’:
>   qemu-conf.c:3:20: error: integer overflow in expression [-Werror=overflow]
>      return INT32_MIN / -1;
>                       ^
>   cc1: all warnings being treated as errors


I sent a patch a few days ago:
"[PATCH 1/6] build-sys: fix -fsanitize=address check"

>
> Fix it by:
>
> - Changing the test program to one that incurs undefined behaviour that isn't
>   detected at compile-time, even with -fsanitize=address.
>
> - To be extra safe (since compilers might evolve and eventually figure out
>   the UB at compile-time), use this newly-added test only when checking
>   for UBSan; use the skeleton otherwise.
>
> Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>
> ---
>  configure | 20 ++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 913e148..56f647f 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -5306,13 +5306,13 @@ fi
>  ##########################################
>  # checks for sanitizers
>
> -# we could use a simple skeleton for flags checks, but this also
> -# detect the static linking issue of ubsan, see also:
> +# Use this program to detect the static linking issue of ubsan; see
>  # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84285
>  cat > $TMPC << EOF
> -#include <stdint.h>
> -int main(void) {
> -  return INT32_MIN / -1;
> +int main(int argc, char **argv) {
> +  int k = 0x7fffffff;
> +  k += argc;
> +  return 0;
>  }
>  EOF
>
> @@ -5322,12 +5322,16 @@ have_asan_iface_h=no
>  have_asan_iface_fiber=no
>
>  if test "$sanitizers" = "yes" ; then
> +  if compile_prog "$CPU_CFLAGS -Werror -fsanitize=undefined" ""; then
> +    have_ubsan=yes
> +  fi
> +
> +  # Use the skeleton for all other sanitizer checks
> +  write_c_skeleton
> +
>    if compile_prog "$CPU_CFLAGS -Werror -fsanitize=address" ""; then
>        have_asan=yes
>    fi
> -  if compile_prog "$CPU_CFLAGS -Werror -fsanitize=undefined" ""; then
> -      have_ubsan=yes
> -  fi
>
>    if check_include "sanitizer/asan_interface.h" ; then
>        have_asan_iface_h=yes
> --
> 2.7.4
>

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 10:12:28 +0100, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> I sent a patch a few days ago:
> "[PATCH 1/6] build-sys: fix -fsanitize=address check"

Ouch, I missed that. Please disregard my patch.

Thanks,

		Emilio