RESOLVED FIXED 59960
CoreIPC/ArgumentDecoder should use aligned memory for its internal copy of data 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59960
Summary CoreIPC/ArgumentDecoder should use aligned memory for its internal copy of data
Siddharth Mathur
Reported 2011-05-02 14:11:54 PDT
While debugging erratic page loading issues with the Symbian port of WebKit2 (patch in Bug 55877) , I observed that in ArgumentDecoder::initialize(), the fastMalloc will return an arbitrarily aligned address. m_buffer = static_cast<uint8_t*>(fastMalloc(bufferSize)); However, soon enough we attempt to unpack a uint64_t in the same function .. decodeUInt64(m_destinationID); .. and call alignBufferPosition(8, 8) which leads to a check of the alignment of the base address. For small messages (size 9 in my case), this leads to markInvalid() being called and then bad things happen with the state of the 2 processes. We should consider changing the fastMalloc(bufferSize) code to a slightly larger sized allocation which guarantees sizeof(uin64_t) alignment of the base address m_buffer.
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Patch (3.59 KB, patch)
2011-05-03 08:22 PDT, Siddharth Mathur 		andersca: review-
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Patch with assert and fixed Changelog (3.64 KB, patch)
2011-05-03 13:26 PDT, Siddharth Mathur 		no flags
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Siddharth Mathur
Comment 1 2011-05-03 08:22:04 PDT
Created attachment 92080 [details] Patch
Anders Carlsson
Comment 2 2011-05-03 10:28:38 PDT
Comment on attachment 92080 [details] Patch View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=92080&action=review > Source/WebKit2/ChangeLog:1 > +2011-05-03 Siddharth Mathur <siddharth mathur> No e-mail address here. > Source/WebKit2/Platform/CoreIPC/ArgumentDecoder.cpp:71 > + m_buffer = roundUpToAlignment(m_allocatedBase, expectedAlignment); If you want, you can assert that m_buffer is aligned here.
Siddharth Mathur
Comment 3 2011-05-03 13:26:30 PDT
Created attachment 92114 [details] Patch with assert and fixed Changelog
WebKit Commit Bot
Comment 4 2011-05-04 09:58:11 PDT
The commit-queue encountered the following flaky tests while processing attachment 92114 [details]: http/tests/xmlhttprequest/remember-bad-password.html bug 51733 (author: ap@webkit.org) The commit-queue is continuing to process your patch.
WebKit Commit Bot
Comment 5 2011-05-04 09:59:39 PDT
Comment on attachment 92114 [details] Patch with assert and fixed Changelog Clearing flags on attachment: 92114 Committed r85755: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/85755>
WebKit Commit Bot
Comment 6 2011-05-04 09:59:47 PDT
All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug.
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