Re: valgrind error - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: valgrind error
Date
Msg-id 1713514.1591502367@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: valgrind error  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I wrote:
> Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> writes:
>> Apparently, valgrind-3.15.0 doesn't complain about undefined input
>> to _mm_crc32_u* functions.  We should not be surprised if Valgrind gains the
>> features necessary to complain about the other implementations.

> Perhaps it already has ... I wonder if anyone's tried this on ARMv8
> lately.

I installed Fedora 32/aarch64 on a Raspberry Pi 3B+, and can report that
valgrind 3.16.0 is just as blind to this problem in pg_comp_crc32c_armv8
as it is in pg_comp_crc32c_sse42.  Seems odd, but there you have it.

(There are some other issues, but they seem fit for separate threads.)

            regards, tom lane



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