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STR #3235

Application:FLTK Library
Status:1 - Closed w/Resolution
Priority:3 - Moderate, e.g. unable to compile the software
Scope:3 - Applies to all machines and operating systems
Subsystem:Core Library
Summary:Segmentation fault in Fl_Preferences
Version:1.3-current
Created By:jjboia
Assigned To:matt
Fix Version:Will Not Fix
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Trouble Report Files:


Name/Time/Date Filename/Size  
 
#1 jjboia
12:59 Jun 23, 2015
fltk-bug.txt
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#2 jjboia
08:31 Nov 05, 2019
Fl_Pref_patch.txt
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Trouble Report Comments:


Name/Time/Date Text  
 
#1 jjboia
12:59 Jun 23, 2015
I traced a segmentation fault in my app to a problem with the Fl_Preferences::Node destructor ~Node() as well as its deleteAllChildren() method.  The best way to handle destroying a linked list is to destroy the first item and have its destructor destroy the next one, and so on.  Modified code for Fl_Preferences.cxx is supplied to demonstrate the fix which resolved my core dump.  
 
#2 AlbrechtS
10:33 Feb 12, 2019
Assigned software version 1.3-current.

Given the time of the report this was likely 1.3.3, released Nov 03 2014.

@OP (jjboia): can you tell if this issue still exists in 1.3.5 (current release 1.3.5rc1) and/or in 1.4.0 (current development - you may download the latest snapshot and test).

If the bug is still present, can you provide a short, self-contained demo program that shows the issue? TIA.
 
 
#3 AlbrechtS
10:35 Feb 12, 2019
... or can you provide instructions how to reproduce the fault?  
 
#4 jjboia
10:39 Feb 12, 2019
I don't think I can supply a test case.  The large program used the Python API and that was what exposed the memory error.  I will check to see if the FL_Preferences class still contains the old cleanup code.  
 
#5 AlbrechtS
11:12 Feb 12, 2019
Thanks, your report and your further help is very much appreciated.  
 
#6 jjboia
08:30 Nov 05, 2019
I am attaching a git diff so you can patch the current version of Fl_Preferences.cxx.  Please let me know if you have questions about it.  
 
#7 matt
08:18 Jan 18, 2022
Even though this STR is very old:

I checked the deletion code and added a few security measures, but I can't see anything that is wrong in principle.

A node should not delete its next node recursively. Nodes are stored in the parent group, so the parent group must be the authority to decide if a single node is deleted, or all children.

This makes especially sense if we were ever to move to std::vectors to store a list of child nodes.
 
 
#8 matt
08:20 Jan 18, 2022
I can't find a bug in the code, and even with memory guards enabled, I do not get a crash in my test code.  
     

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