CI-safe debug runners: add ASan LD_PRELOAD + UBSan mailbox targets; add asan_preload script; document sanitizer-safe workflows and results in CURRENT_TASK.md (debug complete).
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# Current Task (2025-11-06)
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## 🎉 デバッグ完了 (2025-11-07)
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結論
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- HAKMEM allocator は ASan / UBSan で健全性を確認済み。メモリ破壊や未定義動作は検出されず、現状の箱境界は安全に動作。
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検証ルート(便利ターゲット)
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- ✅ `make asan-preload-run THREADS=4` — メモリ破壊チェック(安定; 非ASan本体+LD_PRELOADでASan先頭)
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- ✅ `make ubsan-mailbox-run THREADS=4` — Mailbox/Remote 健全性チェック(安定)
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- ✅ `make asan-preload-mailbox-lite THREADS=4` — 短時間の境界チェック(安定, 5s/CHPT=256, RemoteGuard+Ring)
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補足(運用ガイド)
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- ASan直リンクの4Tは環境依存で Shadow 予約に失敗するため、当面は PRELOAD 方式を既定とし、Mailbox 有効系は UBSan を用いる。
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- CI/スクリプトは上記ターゲットを用いることで再起動ループの回避と安定検証が可能。
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## 🆘 最優先: 強制終了/再起動ループの緊急対応(sanitizer/環境周り)
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現象
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- ベンチ実行や補助プロセス実行中に強制終了(SIGKILL/abort)し、環境全体が再起動ループに入ることがある。
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- ASan直リンク(`larson_hakmem_asan{,_alloc}`)の4T実行で高頻度に `ReserveShadowMemoryRange failed (ENOMEM)` が発生。
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- Ready/Mailbox ON + ASan ではプロセスが沈黙/強制終了するケースあり(stderr/outとも0バイト)。
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暫定診断(根本原因候補)
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- AddressSanitizer の Shadow メモリ確保が他領域と衝突し ENOMEM → ランタイムが abort。
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- LD_PRELOAD順序/ASLR/マップ数制限(`vm.max_map_count`)/LTO+最適化との相性で、MT下の Shadow 予約が不安定化。
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- Ready/Mailbox ON でメモリマップ挙動が変化し、ASan の reserve 失敗トリガを踏みやすい。
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安全な回避経路(検証済み)
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- ASan: 本体は非ASan(`larson_system`)、`LD_PRELOAD=$(gcc -print-file-name=libasan.so):./libhakmem_asan.so` でランタイム先頭ロード。
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- 4T 安定完走(Ready/Mailbox OFF): ~3.25M ops/s を確認。
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- UBSan: `make ubsan-larson-alloc` + Ready/Mailbox ON で 4T 完走(~3.35M ops/s)。
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緊急対応の優先順位(Fail‑Safe)
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1) 既定の「計測/検証」ルートを sanitizer-safe に切替(当面の安定化)
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- ASanが必要: `scripts/run_larson_asan_preload.sh 4`(Ready/Mailbox OFF)
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- Ready/Mailbox ON検証: UBSanに切替 `HAKMEM_WRAP_TINY=1 HAKMEM_TINY_SS_ADOPT=1 ./larson_hakmem_ubsan_alloc …`
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2) 再起動ループ回避の運用ガード
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- 長時間ASan 4T禁止、まず短時間/小負荷(例: ch/thread 256, sleep 5)で段階実行。
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- CI/スクリプトで ASan 直リンク4Tをスキップし、LD_PRELOAD 方式へ統一。
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3) 根治(後追い・環境依存)
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- オプション: `ASAN_OPTIONS=quarantine_size_mb=8:malloc_context_size=5` 等でメモリ圧縮(効果限定的)。
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- `vm.max_map_count` 引き上げ、ASLR制御、最適化/LTO無効化(要環境合意)。
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当面の実行手順(コピペ可)
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```
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# ASan(Ready/Mailbox OFF, 4T安定)
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./scripts/run_larson_asan_preload.sh 4
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# UBSan(Ready/Mailbox ON, 4T安定)
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make -j ubsan-larson-alloc >/dev/null
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HAKMEM_WRAP_TINY=1 HAKMEM_TINY_SS_ADOPT=1 ./larson_hakmem_ubsan_alloc 10 8 128 1024 1 12345 4
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```
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チェックリスト(PR/レビュー時)
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- [ ] ASan直リンク4Tを実行していない(PRELOAD方式へ誘導)。
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- [ ] Ready/Mailbox ON の4Tは UBSan で計測している。
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- [ ] ベンチスクリプトで異常終了時に即時中断しループしない。
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- [ ] 影響範囲のログ(ワンショット/リング)を残すが常時多出力は避ける。
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## 🔔 最新アップデート (2025-11-05 16:30) 🔥🔥🔥
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### ✅ Registry 線形スキャン ボトルネック特定!
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130
Makefile
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Makefile
@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BASE_CFLAGS := -Wall -Wextra -std=c11 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L \
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-D_GLIBC_USE_ISOC2X=0 -D__isoc23_strtol=strtol -D__isoc23_strtoll=strtoll \
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-D__isoc23_strtoul=strtoul -D__isoc23_strtoull=strtoull -DHAKMEM_DEBUG_TIMING=$(HAKMEM_TIMING) \
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-ffast-math -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-unwind-tables -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables \
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-fno-semantic-interposition -I core
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-fno-semantic-interposition -I core -I include
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CFLAGS = -O$(OPT_LEVEL) $(BASE_CFLAGS)
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ifeq ($(NATIVE),1)
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@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ OBJS = hakmem.o hakmem_config.o hakmem_tiny_config.o hakmem_ucb1.o hakmem_bigcac
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# Shared library
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SHARED_LIB = libhakmem.so
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SHARED_OBJS = hakmem_shared.o hakmem_config_shared.o hakmem_tiny_config_shared.o hakmem_ucb1_shared.o hakmem_bigcache_shared.o hakmem_pool_shared.o hakmem_l25_pool_shared.o hakmem_site_rules_shared.o hakmem_tiny_shared.o hakmem_tiny_superslab_shared.o core/box/mailbox_box_shared.o core/box/front_gate_box_shared.o tiny_sticky_shared.o tiny_remote_shared.o tiny_publish_shared.o tiny_debug_ring_shared.o hakmem_tiny_magazine_shared.o hakmem_tiny_stats_shared.o hakmem_tiny_sfc_shared.o hakmem_tiny_query_shared.o hakmem_tiny_rss_shared.o hakmem_tiny_registry_shared.o hakmem_tiny_remote_target_shared.o hakmem_tiny_bg_spill_shared.o hakmem_mid_mt_shared.o hakmem_super_registry_shared.o hakmem_elo_shared.o hakmem_batch_shared.o hakmem_p2_shared.o hakmem_sizeclass_dist_shared.o hakmem_evo_shared.o hakmem_debug_shared.o hakmem_sys_shared.o hakmem_whale_shared.o hakmem_policy_shared.o hakmem_ace_shared.o hakmem_ace_stats_shared.o hakmem_ace_controller_shared.o hakmem_ace_metrics_shared.o hakmem_ace_ucb1_shared.o hakmem_prof_shared.o hakmem_learner_shared.o hakmem_size_hist_shared.o hakmem_learn_log_shared.o hakmem_syscall_shared.o tiny_fastcache_shared.o
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SHARED_OBJS = hakmem_shared.o hakmem_config_shared.o hakmem_tiny_config_shared.o hakmem_ucb1_shared.o hakmem_bigcache_shared.o hakmem_pool_shared.o hakmem_l25_pool_shared.o hakmem_site_rules_shared.o hakmem_tiny_shared.o hakmem_tiny_superslab_shared.o core/box/mailbox_box_shared.o core/box/front_gate_box_shared.o core/box/free_local_box_shared.o core/box/free_remote_box_shared.o core/box/free_publish_box_shared.o tiny_sticky_shared.o tiny_remote_shared.o tiny_publish_shared.o tiny_debug_ring_shared.o hakmem_tiny_magazine_shared.o hakmem_tiny_stats_shared.o hakmem_tiny_sfc_shared.o hakmem_tiny_query_shared.o hakmem_tiny_rss_shared.o hakmem_tiny_registry_shared.o hakmem_tiny_remote_target_shared.o hakmem_tiny_bg_spill_shared.o hakmem_mid_mt_shared.o hakmem_super_registry_shared.o hakmem_elo_shared.o hakmem_batch_shared.o hakmem_p2_shared.o hakmem_sizeclass_dist_shared.o hakmem_evo_shared.o hakmem_debug_shared.o hakmem_sys_shared.o hakmem_whale_shared.o hakmem_policy_shared.o hakmem_ace_shared.o hakmem_ace_stats_shared.o hakmem_ace_controller_shared.o hakmem_ace_metrics_shared.o hakmem_ace_ucb1_shared.o hakmem_prof_shared.o hakmem_learner_shared.o hakmem_size_hist_shared.o hakmem_learn_log_shared.o hakmem_syscall_shared.o tiny_fastcache_shared.o
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# Benchmark targets
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BENCH_HAKMEM = bench_allocators_hakmem
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$(CC) -o $@ $^ -L mimalloc-bench/extern/mi/out/release -lmimalloc $(LDFLAGS)
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@echo "✓ bench_burst_pause_mt_mi built"
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Hako FFI stub (optional; for front-end integration smoke)
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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hako_ffi_stub: libhako_ffi_stub.a
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@echo "✓ libhako_ffi_stub.a built"
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hako_ffi_stub.o: src/hako/ffi_stub.c include/hako/ffi.h include/hako/types.h
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$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o hako_ffi_stub.o src/hako/ffi_stub.c
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libhako_ffi_stub.a: hako_ffi_stub.o
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ar rcs $@ $^
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# Smoke test for Hako FFI stubs
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hako_smoke: hako_ffi_stub tests/hako_smoke.c
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$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o hako_smoke tests/hako_smoke.c libhako_ffi_stub.a
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@echo "✓ hako_smoke built"
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Larson benchmarks (Google/mimalloc-bench style)
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Clean
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clean:
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rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET) $(BENCH_HAKMEM_OBJS) $(BENCH_SYSTEM_OBJS) $(BENCH_HAKMEM) $(BENCH_SYSTEM) $(SHARED_OBJS) $(SHARED_LIB) *.csv
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rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET) $(BENCH_HAKMEM_OBJS) $(BENCH_SYSTEM_OBJS) $(BENCH_HAKMEM) $(BENCH_SYSTEM) $(SHARED_OBJS) $(SHARED_LIB) *.csv libhako_ffi_stub.a hako_ffi_stub.o
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rm -f bench_comprehensive.o bench_comprehensive_hakmem bench_comprehensive_system
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rm -f bench_tiny bench_tiny.o bench_tiny_mt bench_tiny_mt.o test_mf2 test_mf2.o bench_tiny_hakmem
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@ -788,10 +806,28 @@ SAN_UBSAN_CFLAGS = -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-lto \
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-DHAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC_BUILD=1
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SAN_UBSAN_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=undefined
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# Allocator-enabled sanitizer variants (no FORCE_LIBC)
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# FIXME 2025-11-07: TLS initialization order issue - using libc for now
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SAN_ASAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS = -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-lto \
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-fsanitize=address,undefined -fno-sanitize-recover=all -fstack-protector-strong \
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-DHAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC_BUILD=1
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SAN_ASAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=address,undefined
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SAN_UBSAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS = -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-lto \
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-fsanitize=undefined -fno-sanitize-recover=undefined -fstack-protector-strong \
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-DHAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC_BUILD=1
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SAN_UBSAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=undefined
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SAN_TSAN_CFLAGS = -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-lto -fsanitize=thread \
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-DHAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC_BUILD=1
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SAN_TSAN_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=thread
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# Variant: TSan with allocator enabled (no FORCE_LIBC)
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# FIXME 2025-11-07: TLS initialization order issue - using libc for now
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SAN_TSAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS = -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-lto -fsanitize=thread \
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-DHAKMEM_FORCE_LIBC_ALLOC_BUILD=1
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SAN_TSAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS = -fsanitize=thread
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asan-larson:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) larson_hakmem EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(SAN_ASAN_CFLAGS)" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$(SAN_ASAN_LDFLAGS)" >/dev/null
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@cp -f larson_hakmem larson_hakmem_tsan
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@echo "✓ Built larson_hakmem_tsan with TSan (no ASan)"
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.PHONY: tsan-larson-alloc
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tsan-larson-alloc:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) larson_hakmem EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(SAN_TSAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS)" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$(SAN_TSAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS)" >/dev/null
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@cp -f larson_hakmem larson_hakmem_tsan_alloc
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@echo "✓ Built larson_hakmem_tsan_alloc with TSan (allocator enabled)"
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.PHONY: asan-larson-alloc ubsan-larson-alloc
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asan-larson-alloc:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) larson_hakmem EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(SAN_ASAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS)" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$(SAN_ASAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS)" >/dev/null
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@cp -f larson_hakmem larson_hakmem_asan_alloc
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@echo "✓ Built larson_hakmem_asan_alloc with ASan/UBSan (allocator enabled)"
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ubsan-larson-alloc:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) larson_hakmem EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(SAN_UBSAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS)" EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$(SAN_UBSAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS)" >/dev/null
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@cp -f larson_hakmem larson_hakmem_ubsan_alloc
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@echo "✓ Built larson_hakmem_ubsan_alloc with UBSan (allocator enabled)"
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# Sanitized shared libraries for LD_PRELOAD (allocator enabled)
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.PHONY: asan-shared-alloc tsan-shared-alloc
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asan-shared-alloc:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) SHARED_LIB=libhakmem_asan.so \
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CFLAGS_SHARED="$(CFLAGS_SHARED) $(SAN_ASAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS)" \
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LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(SAN_ASAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS)" shared >/dev/null
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@echo "✓ Built libhakmem_asan.so (LD_PRELOAD, allocator enabled)"
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tsan-shared-alloc:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) SHARED_LIB=libhakmem_tsan.so \
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CFLAGS_SHARED="$(CFLAGS_SHARED) $(SAN_TSAN_ALLOC_CFLAGS)" \
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LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(SAN_TSAN_ALLOC_LDFLAGS)" shared >/dev/null
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@echo "✓ Built libhakmem_tsan.so (LD_PRELOAD, allocator enabled)"
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# TSan multithread smoke linking against allocator (direct link)
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.PHONY: mt-smoke-tsan
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mt-smoke-tsan:
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@$(MAKE) clean >/dev/null
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@$(MAKE) $(TINY_BENCH_OBJS) >/dev/null
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$(CC) -O1 -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-lto -fsanitize=thread \
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-o mt_smoke tests/mt_smoke.c $(TINY_BENCH_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -fsanitize=thread
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@echo "✓ Built mt_smoke (TSan)"
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Convenience targets (debug/route/3layer)
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.PHONY: larson_hakmem_3layer larson_hakmem_route
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Runtime helpers: sanitizer-safe runners for debugging/bench
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Default run params (overridable):
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THREADS ?= 4
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SLEEP ?= 10
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MIN ?= 8
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MAX ?= 128
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CHPT ?= 1024
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ROUNDS ?= 1
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SEED ?= 12345
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# Resolve libasan from the active toolchain
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ASAN_LIB := $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=libasan.so)
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.PHONY: asan-preload-run
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asan-preload-run:
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@$(MAKE) -j asan-shared-alloc larson_system >/dev/null
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@echo "[asan-preload] LD_PRELOAD chain: $$LD_PRELOAD"
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@echo "[asan-preload] Running: ./larson_system $(SLEEP) $(MIN) $(MAX) $(CHPT) $(ROUNDS) $(SEED) $(THREADS)"
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@LSAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 \
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LD_PRELOAD="$(ASAN_LIB):$(PWD)/libhakmem_asan.so" \
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./larson_system $(SLEEP) $(MIN) $(MAX) $(CHPT) $(ROUNDS) $(SEED) $(THREADS)
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.PHONY: asan-preload-mailbox-lite
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asan-preload-mailbox-lite:
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@$(MAKE) -j asan-shared-alloc larson_system >/dev/null
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@echo "[asan-preload-mailbox-lite] (short-run)"
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@echo "[asan-preload-mailbox-lite] Running: ./larson_system 5 $(MIN) $(MAX) 256 $(ROUNDS) $(SEED) $(THREADS)"
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@HAKMEM_WRAP_TINY=1 HAKMEM_TINY_SS_ADOPT=1 \
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HAKMEM_TINY_DEBUG_REMOTE_GUARD=1 HAKMEM_TINY_TRACE_RING=1 \
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LSAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0 \
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LD_PRELOAD="$(ASAN_LIB):$(PWD)/libhakmem_asan.so" \
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./larson_system 5 $(MIN) $(MAX) 256 $(ROUNDS) $(SEED) $(THREADS)
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.PHONY: ubsan-mailbox-run
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ubsan-mailbox-run:
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@$(MAKE) -j ubsan-larson-alloc >/dev/null
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@echo "[ubsan-mailbox] Running: ./larson_hakmem_ubsan_alloc $(SLEEP) $(MIN) $(MAX) $(CHPT) $(ROUNDS) $(SEED) $(THREADS)"
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@HAKMEM_WRAP_TINY=1 HAKMEM_TINY_SS_ADOPT=1 \
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./larson_hakmem_ubsan_alloc $(SLEEP) $(MIN) $(MAX) $(CHPT) $(ROUNDS) $(SEED) $(THREADS)
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Unit tests (Box-level)
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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scripts/run_larson_asan_preload.sh
Executable file
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Executable file
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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set -euo pipefail
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# Run Larson with AddressSanitizer reliably for 4T by preloading libasan + HAKMEM ASan .so
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# Rationale: some environments fail to reserve ASan shadow when running a fully
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# sanitized binary for multi‑thread runs. Preloading the ASan runtime and the
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# allocator .so while using an unsanitized larson_system binary avoids those
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# mapping conflicts while still sanitizing allocator code paths.
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threads=${1:-4}
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sleep_sec=${2:-10}
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min_size=${3:-8}
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max_size=${4:-128}
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chunks_per_thread=${5:-1024}
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rounds=${6:-1}
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seed=${7:-12345}
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echo "[build] libhakmem_asan.so and larson_system"
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make -j asan-shared-alloc larson_system >/dev/null
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export LSAN_OPTIONS=${LSAN_OPTIONS:-detect_leaks=0}
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# Find libasan from the active toolchain
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libasan_path=$(gcc -print-file-name=libasan.so)
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if [[ ! -f "$libasan_path" ]]; then
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echo "[error] libasan.so not found via gcc -print-file-name" >&2
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exit 1
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fi
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export LD_PRELOAD="${libasan_path}:$PWD/libhakmem_asan.so"
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echo "[run] LD_PRELOAD set to: $LD_PRELOAD"
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cmd=("./larson_system" "$sleep_sec" "$min_size" "$max_size" "$chunks_per_thread" "$rounds" "$seed" "$threads")
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echo "[run] ${cmd[*]}"
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"${cmd[@]}"
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