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Bug #30558 mbstring mbregex failure to compile pointer cast problems
Submitted: 2004-10-26 09:41 UTC Modified: 2006-01-01 01:00 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 2 (50.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: jbarwick at sentienthealth dot com Assigned: moriyoshi (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: mbstring related
PHP Version: 4.3.8 OS: SuSE 9.1 (amd64)
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-10-26 09:41 UTC] jbarwick at sentienthealth dot com 
Description:
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The entire MBREGEX.C object appears to be written with "pointer address math" using "int" variables.

Whereas we all know that with the invent of i586/i686 systems the int veriable is nicely 32 bit, in a 64 bit environment, the pointers and the uint/int objects become completely incompatible.

(Am I crazy here?)...or completely stupid?  

Anyway...lot's of "pointer errors" in mbstring/mbregex.  It appears that this module is totally unusable in a 64-bit environment.

To FIX, I did the following

mbstring/mbregex/mbregex.h

#define MINT long
#define MLONG long

The changed all "int"'s to "MINT"
and changed all "long"'s to "MLONG"

with a nice search and replace.

Compiled with no compiler warnings (retesting make clean/make as we speak).

It actually appears that the entire mbstring object must be completely re-written.  SOOOO much pointer math using int's and so many "cast from pointer to integer of different size" errors.

any chance of getting 4.3.9 or 4.3.10 compilable for 64-bit?

I have a lot of work left to fix all the mbstring files that wont compile correctly...errrrg!!!

PLEASE someone tell me I can ignore these because the pointer math works even when the compiler complains!!

Reproduce code:
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compile mbstring/mbregex.c

Expected result:
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no compiler warnings about bad pointers

Actual result:
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compiler warnings about bad pointers

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 [2004-11-04 13:09 UTC] tony2001@php.net 
Please, provide all warnings and/or errors you get.
 [2004-11-04 14:27 UTC] jorton at redhat dot com 
gcc -Wall output for ext/mbstring from amd64 build of HEAD:

ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c: In function `match_at':
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1106: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1110: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1126: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1130: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1763: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1777: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1794: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1800: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1839: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1843: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1871: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1875: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1903: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1907: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1942: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1946: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:2027: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:2050: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regexec.c:1138: warning: `pstart' might be used uninitialized in this function
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regparse.c: In function `not_code_range_buf':
ext/mbstring/oniguruma/regparse.c:1628: warning: `to' might be used uninitialized in this function
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c: In function `mbfl_filt_conv_html_dec_ctor':
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c:161: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c: In function `mbfl_filt_conv_html_dec_dtor':
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c:169: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c: In function `mbfl_filt_conv_html_dec':
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c:178: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c: In function `mbfl_filt_conv_html_dec_flush':
ext/mbstring/libmbfl/filters/mbfilter_htmlent.c:249: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
 [2004-11-04 14:37 UTC] jorton@php.net 
I'm not sure if jbarwick's suggested fix:

The changed all "int"'s to "MINT"
and changed all "long"'s to "MLONG"

is really advisable; Moriyoshi, have you looked at this?  ISTR it being mentioned before on php-dev.
 [2004-11-20 11:14 UTC] moriyoshi@php.net 
Just a note, I'm currently working on this.
Stay tuned.
 [2005-02-24 18:51 UTC] moriyoshi@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5-STABLE-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.0-win32-latest.zip
 [2005-03-04 04:03 UTC] jbarwick at sentienthealth dot com 
as far as I know the developer is still porting mbstring to 64bit environment.  

Although...my hack is working just fine...So far..<grin>

Let's try to keep this open a bit longer to see if we can get an "official" version.
 [2005-12-24 02:17 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.1-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.1-win32-latest.zip
 [2006-01-01 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 
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