I'm looping through an array, trying to take each token and insert into another string array (char**) and I'm getting invalid writes from valgrind as well as use of uninitialized value. How would I fix this?
char *tstring;
int i = 0;
char **tokens = (char **)malloc(sizeof(contents));
tstring = strtok(contents, "\"(),-> ");
printf("sizeof(tstring) = %ld\tsizeof(*tstring) = %ld\nsizeof(contents) = %ld\n", sizeof(tstring), sizeof(*tstring), sizeof(contents));
tokens[i] = (char*)malloc(sizeof(tstring));
printf("tstring address: %p\ntokens address: %p\ntokens[i] address: %p\n",tstring,tokens, tokens[i]);
strcpy(tokens[i], tstring);
printf("token[0]: %s\n", tokens[i]);
while( tokens[i] != NULL ) {
i++;
tstring = strtok(NULL, "\"(),-> ");
if(tstring != NULL)
printf("token[%d]: %s\n", i, tstring);
tokens[i] = (char*)malloc(sizeof(tstring));
strcpy(tokens[i], tstring);
}
Here's the string being tokenized
"a" -> ("boo", 1), ("baa", 1)
"baa" -> ("baa", 1)
"boo" -> ("boo", 1)
"cat" -> ("baa", 1)
"dog" -> ("boo", 1)
"name" -> ("boo", 2), ("baa", 1)
And here's the valgrind output
sizeof(tstring) = 8 sizeof(*tstring) = 1
sizeof(contents) = 8
tstring address: 0x51f1041
tokens address: 0x51f1490
tokens[i] address: 0x51f14e0
token[0]: a
token[1]: boo
==4101== Invalid write of size 8
==4101== at 0x400F3B: Create_List_Container (search.c:166)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101== Address 0x51f1498 is 0 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4101== at 0x4C2B6CD: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4101== by 0x400E1A: Create_List_Container (search.c:154)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101==
==4101== Invalid read of size 8
==4101== at 0x400F4F: Create_List_Container (search.c:167)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101== Address 0x51f1498 is 0 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4101== at 0x4C2B6CD: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4101== by 0x400E1A: Create_List_Container (search.c:154)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101==
==4101== Invalid read of size 8
==4101== at 0x400F6A: Create_List_Container (search.c:161)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101== Address 0x51f1498 is 0 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4101== at 0x4C2B6CD: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4101== by 0x400E1A: Create_List_Container (search.c:154)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101==
token[2]: 1
token[3]: baa
token[4]: 1
token[5]:
token[6]: baa
token[7]: baa
token[8]: 1
token[9]:
token[10]: boo
token[11]: boo
token[12]: 1
token[13]:
token[14]: cat
token[15]: baa
token[16]: 1
token[17]:
token[18]: dog
token[19]: boo
token[20]: 1
token[21]:
token[22]: name
token[23]: boo
token[24]: 2
token[25]: baa
token[26]: 1
==4101== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==4101== at 0x4EBD146: strtok (strtok.S:172)
==4101== by 0x400EFA: Create_List_Container (search.c:163)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101==
==4101== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==4101== at 0x4EBD149: strtok (strtok.S:173)
==4101== by 0x400EFA: Create_List_Container (search.c:163)
==4101== by 0x4012D5: main (search.c:234)
==4101==
token[27]:
EDIT: Still getting errors
So I adapted the code given to me by netcoder and still getting invalid writes and reads happening at where tokens[i] is getting malloc'd
Here's the code:
char **tokens = malloc(sizeof(char*)+1);
if (tokens == NULL) {
// handle malloc error
printf("Unable to allocate memory. Exiting...\n");
exit(0);
}
// ...
while (1) {
if(i == 0) tstring = strtok(contents, "\"(),-> ");
else tstring = strtok(NULL, "\"(),-> ");
if(tstring == NULL) break;
printf("tstring: %s\tlen(tstring): %d\n", tstring, strlen(tstring));
tokens[i] = malloc(strlen(tstring)+1);
if (tokens[i] == NULL) {
// handle malloc error
printf("Unable to allocate memory. Exiting...\n");
exit(0);
}
printf("tokens address: %p\t*tokens address: %p\n", tokens, tokens[i]);
char** tmp = realloc(tokens, (i+2)*sizeof(char*));
if (tmp == NULL) {
// handle realloc error
printf("Unable to reallocate memory. Exiting...\n");
exit(0);
}
tokens = tmp;
strcpy(tokens[i], tstring);
printf("tokens[%d]: %s\n", i, tokens[i]);
i++;
}
Note I allocated **tokens at the start instead of leaving it NULL like netcoder because that was giving me an issue as well.
Here's valgrind:
tstring: a len(tstring): 1
tokens address: 0x51f1490 *tokens address: 0x51f14e0
tokens[0]: a
tstring: boo len(tstring): 3
==4609== Invalid write of size 8
==4609== at 0x400F3E: Create_List_Container (search.c:185)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609== Address 0x51f1538 is 0 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4609== at 0x4C2B7B2: realloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4609== by 0x400FB1: Create_List_Container (search.c:193)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609==
==4609== Invalid read of size 8
==4609== at 0x400F4E: Create_List_Container (search.c:186)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609== Address 0x51f1538 is 0 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4609== at 0x4C2B7B2: realloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4609== by 0x400FB1: Create_List_Container (search.c:193)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609==
==4609== Invalid read of size 8
==4609== at 0x400F77: Create_List_Container (search.c:191)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609== Address 0x51f1538 is 0 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4609== at 0x4C2B7B2: realloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4609== by 0x400FB1: Create_List_Container (search.c:193)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609==
tokens address: 0x51f1530 *tokens address: 0x51f1580
==4609== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==4609== at 0x4C2BFFC: strcpy (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4609== by 0x400FF7: Create_List_Container (search.c:201)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609==
==4609== Invalid write of size 1
==4609== at 0x4C2BFFC: strcpy (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==4609== by 0x400FF7: Create_List_Container (search.c:201)
==4609== by 0x401388: main (search.c:270)
==4609== Address 0x0 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd
Fixed, it should be (i+2) in realloc
For starters you do:
tokens[i] = (char*)malloc(sizeof(tstring));
First, don't cast the return value of malloc
. Second, you're probably looking for strlen
, not sizeof
:
tokens[i] = malloc(strlen(tstring)+1); // +1 for the null terminator
...and you do that mistake at least twice.
Then, there's this:
char **tokens = (char **)malloc(sizeof(contents));
...again, casting the return value of malloc
, and also that sizeof(contents)
is arbitrary because you have no idea how many elements you're going to store in there. This is a good case for realloc
:
char **tokens = NULL;
// ...
while (...) {
// ...
tokens[i] = malloc(strlen(tstring)+1);
if (tokens[i] == NULL) {
// handle malloc error
}
char** tmp = realloc(tokens, (i+1)*sizeof(char*));
if (tmp == NULL) {
// handle realloc error
}
tokens = tmp;
strcpy(tokens[i], tstring);
i++;
}
Also note how I moved i++
at the end of the loop to prevent you from accessing tokens[1]
when it should be tokens[0]
.
Lastly, always check the return value of malloc
and realloc
.
When you malloc, you're passing sizeof(ptr)
, so it's allocating 8 bytes for a 64-bit pointer. You want to malloc(strlen(ptr)+1)
and null-terminate it.
Print sizeof(tstring)
to the terminal and that should verify it.
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