[libcxx-commits] [PATCH] D148630: [libc++abi] Make the error message for recursive initialization of function-local statics more explicit

Louis Dionne via Phabricator via libcxx-commits libcxx-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Apr 18 05:49:15 PDT 2023


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The new message is a bit verbose, but it makes it clearer that this isn't
a problem in libc++abi, but instead a problem in the user's code. Otherwise,
we get bugs sent down to libc++abi because people see this message in their
crash logs.


Repository:
  rG LLVM Github Monorepo

https://reviews.llvm.org/D148630

Files:
  libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard_impl.h


Index: libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard_impl.h
===================================================================
--- libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard_impl.h
+++ libcxxabi/src/cxa_guard_impl.h
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
     if (*init_byte_address == COMPLETE_BIT)
       return true;
     if (*init_byte_address & PENDING_BIT)
-      ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE("__cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization");
+      ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE("__cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization: do you have a function-local static variable whose initialization depends on that function?");
     *init_byte_address = PENDING_BIT;
     return false;
   }
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
     // Check for possible recursive initialization.
     if (has_thread_id_support && (*init_byte_address & PENDING_BIT)) {
       if (*thread_id_address == current_thread_id.get())
-        ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE("__cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization");
+        ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE("__cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization: do you have a function-local static variable whose initialization depends on that function?");
     }
 
     // Wait until the pending bit is not set.
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 
         // Check for recursive initialization
         if (has_thread_id_support && thread_id.load(std::_AO_Relaxed) == current_thread_id.get()) {
-          ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE("__cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization");
+          ABORT_WITH_MESSAGE("__cxa_guard_acquire detected recursive initialization: do you have a function-local static variable whose initialization depends on that function?");
         }
 
         if ((last_val & WAITING_BIT) == 0) {


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