[Boost-users] [BoostTest] 1.35.0: valgrind complains about uninitialized memory

From: peter.klotz_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-04-11 05:58:55

valgrind 3.3.0 complains about uninitialized memory in BoostTest 1.35.0: 

==31740== Syscall param sigaltstack(ss) points to uninitialised byte(s) 
==31740==    at 0x413D811: sigaltstack (in /lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so) 
==31740==    by 0x80863D8: 
boost::execution_monitor::catch_signals(boost::unit_test::callback0<int> 
const&) (in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x80864AB: 
boost::execution_monitor::execute(boost::unit_test::callback0<int> const&) 
(in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x8084AD7: 
boost::unit_test::unit_test_monitor_t::execute_and_translate(boost::unit_test::test_case 
const&) (in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x8081492: 
boost::unit_test::framework_impl::visit(boost::unit_test::test_case 
const&) (in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x8076684: 
boost::unit_test::traverse_test_tree(boost::unit_test::test_suite const&, 
boost::unit_test::test_tree_visitor&) (in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x8076658: 
boost::unit_test::traverse_test_tree(boost::unit_test::test_suite const&, 
boost::unit_test::test_tree_visitor&) (in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x8080443: boost::unit_test::framework::run(unsigned long, 
bool) (in Application) 
==31740==    by 0x806E093: 
boost::unit_test::unit_test_main(boost::unit_test::test_suite* (*)(int, 
char**), int, char**) (in Application) 

The attached patch fixes this error by initializing the structure passed 
to syscall sigaltstack(). 

Best regards, Peter.