[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tests: set MALLOC_PERTURB_ to expose memory bugs

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

glibc wipes malloc(3) memory when the MALLOC_PERTURB_ environment
variable is set.  The value of the environment variable determines the
bit pattern used to wipe memory.  For more information, see
http://udrepper.livejournal.com/11429.html.

Set MALLOC_PERTURB_ for gtester and qemu-iotests.  Note we always set
the environment variable to 1 so the test is deterministic.  Setting a
random variable might expose more bugs but would be harder to reproduce.

Both make check and qemu-iotests pass with MALLOC_PERTURB_ enabled.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
Lucas noticed KVM autotest failures when enabling MALLOC_PERTURB_.  By enabling
it for in-tree test suites we can detect memory management errors earlier.

 tests/Makefile           | 4 +++-
 tests/qemu-iotests/check | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index a307d5a..25f6d28 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ GCOV_OPTIONS = -n $(if $(V),-f,)
 $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: $(check-qtest-y)
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
 	$(call quiet-command,QTEST_QEMU_BINARY=$*-softmmu/qemu-system-$* \
+		MALLOC_PERTURB_=1 \
 		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $(check-qtest-$*-y),"GTESTER $@")
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$*-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
@@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ $(patsubst %, check-qtest-%, $(QTEST_TARGETS)): check-qtest-%: $(check-qtest-y)
 .PHONY: $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y))
 $(patsubst %, check-%, $(check-unit-y)): check-%: %
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@rm -f *.gcda */*.gcda */*/*.gcda */*/*/*.gcda,)
-	$(call quiet-command,gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER $*")
+	$(call quiet-command,MALLOC_PERTURB_=1 \
+		gtester $(GTESTER_OPTIONS) -m=$(SPEED) $*,"GTESTER $*")
 	$(if $(CONFIG_GCOV),@for f in $(gcov-files-$(subst tests/,,$*)-y); do \
 	  echo Gcov report for $$f:;\
 	  $(GCOV) $(GCOV_OPTIONS) $$f -o `dirname $$f`; \
diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/check b/tests/qemu-iotests/check
index 432732c..1527cda 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/check
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/check
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ do
 	start=`_wallclock`
 	$timestamp && echo -n "	["`date "+%T"`"]"
 	[ ! -x $seq ] && chmod u+x $seq # ensure we can run it
-	./$seq >$tmp.out 2>&1
+	MALLOC_PERTURB_=1 ./$seq >$tmp.out 2>&1
 	sts=$?
 	$timestamp && _timestamp
 	stop=`_wallclock`
-- 
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