aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/external/glim/exception.hpp
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'external/glim/exception.hpp')
-rw-r--r--external/glim/exception.hpp259
1 files changed, 259 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/external/glim/exception.hpp b/external/glim/exception.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fbfc5aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/glim/exception.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#ifndef _GLIM_EXCEPTION_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define _GLIM_EXCEPTION_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+/// \file
+/// Exceptions with configurable behaviour.
+/// Requires `thread_local` support introduced in [gcc-4.8](http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html)
+/// (`__thread` is not reliable with GCC 4.7.2 across shared libraries).
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h> // free
+#include <unistd.h> // write
+
+/// Throws `::glim::Exception` passing the current file and line into constructor.
+#define GTHROW(message) throw ::glim::Exception (message, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+/// Throws a `::glim::Exception` derived exception `name` passing the current file and line into constructor.
+#define GNTHROW(name, message) throw name (message, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+/// Helps defining new `::glim::Exception`-based exceptions.
+/// Named exceptions might be useful in a debugger.
+#define G_DEFINE_EXCEPTION(name) \
+ struct name: public ::glim::Exception { \
+ name (const ::std::string& message, const char* file, int line): ::glim::Exception (message, file, line) {} \
+ }
+
+// Workaround to compile under GCC 4.7.
+#if defined (__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 7 && !defined (thread_local)
+# define thread_local __thread
+#endif
+
+namespace glim {
+
+// Ideas:
+// RAII control via thread-local integer (with bits): option to capture stack trace (printed on "what()")
+// see http://stacktrace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/stacktrace/stacktrace/call_stack_gcc.cpp?revision=40&view=markup
+// A handler to log exception with VALGRIND (with optional trace)
+// A handler to log thread id and *pause* the thread in exception constructor (user can attach GDB and investigate)
+// (or we might call an empty function: "I once used something similar,
+// but with an empty function debug_breakpoint. When debugging, I simply entered "bre debug_breakpoint"
+// at the gdb prompt - no asembler needed (compile debug_breakpoint in a separate compilation unit to avoid having the call optimized away)."
+// - http://stackoverflow.com/a/4720403/257568)
+// A handler to call a debugger? (see: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4732119/257568)
+
+// todo: Try a helper which uses cairo's backtrace-symbols.c
+// http://code.ohloh.net/file?fid=zUOUdEl-Id-ijyPOmCkVnBJt2d8&cid=zGpizbyIjEw&s=addr2line&browser=Default#L7
+
+// todo: Try a helper which uses cairo's lookup-symbol.c
+// http://code.ohloh.net/file?fid=Je2jZqsOxge_SvWVrvywn2I0TIs&cid=zGpizbyIjEw&s=addr2line&browser=Default#L0
+
+// todo: A helper converting backtrace to addr2line invocation, e.g.
+// bin/test_exception() [0x4020cc];bin/test_exception(__cxa_throw+0x47) [0x402277];bin/test_exception() [0x401c06];/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x57f0ead];bin/test_exception() [0x401fd1];
+// should be converted to
+// addr2line -pifCa -e bin/test_exception 0x4020cc 0x402277 0x401c06 0x57f0ead 0x401fd1
+//
+// The helper should read the shared library addresses from /proc/.../map and generate separate addr2line invocations
+// for groups of addresses inside the same shared library.
+// => dladdr instead of /proc/../map; http://stackoverflow.com/a/2606152/257568
+//
+// Shared libraries (http://stackoverflow.com/a/7557756/257568).
+// Example, backtrace: /usr/local/lib/libfrople.so(_ZN5mongo14BSONObjBuilder8appendAsERKNS_11BSONElementERKNS_10StringDataE+0x1ca) [0x2aef5b45eb8a]
+// cat /proc/23630/maps | grep libfrople
+// -> 2aef5b363000-2aef5b53e000
+// 0x2aef5b45eb8a - 2aef5b363000 = FBB8A
+// addr2line -pifCa -e /usr/local/lib/libfrople.so 0xFBB8A
+//
+// cat /proc/`pidof FropleAndImg2`/maps | grep libfrople
+// addr2line -pifCa -e /usr/local/lib/libfrople.so `perl -e 'printf ("%x", 0x2aef5b45eb8a - 0x2aef5b363000)'`
+
+inline void captureBacktrace (void* stdStringPtr);
+
+typedef void (*exception_handler_fn)(void*);
+
+/// Exception with file and line information and optional stack trace capture.
+/// Requires `thread_local` support ([gcc-4.8](http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.8/changes.html)).
+class Exception: public std::runtime_error {
+ protected:
+ const char* _file; int32_t _line;
+ std::string _what;
+ uint32_t _options;
+
+ /// Append [{file}:{line}] into `buf`.
+ void appendLine (std::string& buf) const {
+ if (_file || _line > 0) {
+ std::ostringstream oss;
+ oss << '[';
+ if (_file) oss << _file;
+ if (_line >= 0) oss << ':' << _line;
+ oss << "] ";
+ buf.append (oss.str());
+ }
+ }
+
+ /// Append a stack trace to `_what`.
+ void capture() {
+ if (_options & RENDEZVOUS) rendezvous();
+ if (_options & CAPTURE_TRACE) {
+ appendLine (_what);
+ _what += "[at ";
+ captureBacktrace (&_what);
+ _what.append ("] ");
+ _what += std::runtime_error::what();
+ }
+ }
+
+ public:
+ /** The reference to the thread-local options. */
+ inline static uint32_t& options() {
+ static thread_local uint32_t EXCEPTION_OPTIONS = 0;
+ return EXCEPTION_OPTIONS;
+ }
+ enum Options: uint32_t {
+ PLAIN_WHAT = 1, ///< Pass `what` as is, do not add any information to it.
+ HANDLE_ALL = 1 << 1, ///< Run the custom handler from `__cxa_throw`.
+ CAPTURE_TRACE = 1 << 2, ///< Append a stack trace into the `Exception::_what` (with the help of the `captureBacktrace`).
+ RENDEZVOUS = 1 << 3 ///< Call the rendezvous function in `throw` and in `what`, so that the GDB can catch it (break glim::Exception::rendezvous).
+ };
+
+ /** The pointer to the thread-local exception handler. */
+ inline static exception_handler_fn* handler() {
+ static thread_local exception_handler_fn EXCEPTION_HANDLER = nullptr;
+ return &EXCEPTION_HANDLER;
+ }
+ /** The pointer to the thread-local argument for the exception handler. */
+ inline static void** handlerArg() {
+ static thread_local void* EXCEPTION_HANDLER_ARG = nullptr;
+ return &EXCEPTION_HANDLER_ARG;
+ }
+
+ /// Invoked when the `RENDEZVOUS` option is set in order to help the debugger catch the exception (break glim::Exception::rendezvous).
+ static void rendezvous() __attribute__((noinline)) {
+ asm (""); // Prevents the function from being optimized away.
+ }
+
+ Exception (const std::string& message):
+ std::runtime_error (message), _file (0), _line (-1), _options (options()) {
+ capture();}
+ Exception (const std::string& message, const char* file, int32_t line):
+ std::runtime_error (message), _file (file), _line (line), _options (options()) {
+ capture();}
+ ~Exception() throw() {}
+ virtual const char* what() const throw() {
+ if (_options & RENDEZVOUS) rendezvous();
+ if (_options & PLAIN_WHAT) return std::runtime_error::what();
+ std::string& buf = const_cast<std::string&> (_what);
+ if (buf.empty()) {
+ appendLine (buf);
+ buf.append (std::runtime_error::what());
+ }
+ return buf.c_str();
+ }
+};
+
+/// RAII control of thrown `Exception`s.
+/// Example: \code
+/// glim::ExceptionControl trace (glim::Exception::Options::CAPTURE_TRACE);
+/// \endcode
+/// Modifies the `Exception` options via a thread-local variable and restores them back upon destruction.\n
+/// Currently uses http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.7.2/gcc/Thread_002dLocal.html
+/// (might use C++11 `thread_local` in the future).
+class ExceptionControl {
+ protected:
+ uint32_t _savedOptions;
+ public:
+ ExceptionControl (uint32_t newOptions) {
+ uint32_t& options = Exception::options();
+ _savedOptions = options;
+ options = newOptions;
+ }
+ ~ExceptionControl() {
+ Exception::options() = _savedOptions;
+ }
+};
+
+class ExceptionHandler {
+protected:
+ uint32_t _savedOptions;
+ exception_handler_fn _savedHandler;
+ void* _savedHandlerArg;
+public:
+ ExceptionHandler (uint32_t newOptions, exception_handler_fn handler, void* handlerArg) {
+ uint32_t& options = Exception::options(); _savedOptions = options; options = newOptions;
+ exception_handler_fn* handler_ = Exception::handler(); _savedHandler = *handler_; *handler_ = handler;
+ void** handlerArg_ = Exception::handlerArg(); _savedHandlerArg = *handlerArg_; *handlerArg_ = handlerArg;
+ }
+ ~ExceptionHandler() {
+ Exception::options() = _savedOptions;
+ *Exception::handler() = _savedHandler;
+ *Exception::handlerArg() = _savedHandlerArg;
+ }
+};
+
+} // namespace glim
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined (__linux__) || defined (_SYSTYPE_BSD))
+# include <execinfo.h> // backtrace; http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Backtraces.html
+# define _GLIM_USE_EXECINFO
+#endif
+
+namespace glim {
+
+/** If `stdStringPtr` is not null then backtrace is saved there (must point to an std::string instance),
+ * otherwise printed to write(2). */
+void captureBacktrace (void* stdStringPtr) {
+#ifdef _GLIM_USE_EXECINFO
+ const int arraySize = 10; void *array[arraySize];
+ int got = ::backtrace (array, arraySize);
+ if (stdStringPtr) {
+ std::string* out = (std::string*) stdStringPtr;
+ char **strings = ::backtrace_symbols (array, got);
+ for (int tn = 0; tn < got; ++tn) {out->append (strings[tn]); out->append (1, ';');}
+ ::free (strings);
+ } else ::backtrace_symbols_fd (array, got, 2);
+#else
+# warning captureBacktrace: I do not know how to capture backtrace there. Patches welcome.
+#endif
+}
+
+} // namespace glim
+
+#endif // _GLIM_EXCEPTION_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+/**
+ * Special handler for ALL exceptions. Usage:
+ * 1) In the `main` module inject this code with:
+ * #define _GLIM_ALL_EXCEPTIONS_CODE
+ * #include <glim/exception.hpp>
+ * 2) Link with "-ldl" (for `dlsym`).
+ * 3) Use the ExceptionHandler to enable special behaviour in the current thread:
+ * glim::ExceptionHandler traceExceptions (glim::Exception::Options::HANDLE_ALL, glim::captureBacktrace, nullptr);
+ *
+ * About handing all exceptions see:
+ * http://stackoverflow.com/a/11674810/257568
+ * http://blog.sjinks.pro/c-cpp/969-track-uncaught-exceptions/
+ */
+#ifdef _GLIM_ALL_EXCEPTIONS_CODE
+
+#include <dlfcn.h> // dlsym
+
+typedef void(*cxa_throw_type)(void*, void*, void(*)(void*)); // Tested with GCC 4.7.
+static cxa_throw_type NATIVE_CXA_THROW = 0;
+
+extern "C" void __cxa_throw (void* thrown_exception, void* tinfo, void (*dest)(void*)) {
+ if (!NATIVE_CXA_THROW) NATIVE_CXA_THROW = reinterpret_cast<cxa_throw_type> (::dlsym (RTLD_NEXT, "__cxa_throw"));
+ if (!NATIVE_CXA_THROW) ::std::terminate();
+
+ using namespace glim;
+ uint32_t options = Exception::options();
+ if (options & Exception::RENDEZVOUS) Exception::rendezvous();
+ if (options & Exception::HANDLE_ALL) {
+ exception_handler_fn handler = *Exception::handler();
+ if (handler) handler (*Exception::handlerArg());
+ }
+
+ NATIVE_CXA_THROW (thrown_exception, tinfo, dest);
+}
+
+#undef _GLIM_ALL_EXCEPTIONS_CODE
+#endif // _GLIM_ALL_EXCEPTIONS_CODE