'cov-emit process hangs and Coverity build never completes
I need to exclude a C++ source file from coverity build. This file is called XMLHelperUtil.cpp and is part of one of the many C++ projects included in the solution that I'm building. I tried adding it to the XML configuration file but without any success.
I did the following:
(1) Created a config file with the command:
cov-configure --config e:\temp\my_config.xml --msvc --xml-option=skip_file:"XMLHelperUtil.cpp"
This creates a series of templates for msvc that includes the following skip_file node:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE coverity SYSTEM "coverity_config.dtd">
<coverity>
<!-- THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED - YOU MAY ADD XML ENTITIES -->
<!-- TO UPDATE THE COMPILER CONFIGURATION AFTER THE begin_command_line_config CLOSING TAG. -->
<cit_version>1</cit_version>
<config>
<build>
<compiler>
<template_compiler>true</template_compiler>
<comp_name>devenv</comp_name>
<comp_translator>msvc_devenv</comp_translator>
<comp_lang>C</comp_lang>
<comp_generic>msvc</comp_generic>
</compiler>
<options>
<id>msvc_devenv-devenv-.*</id>
<opt_preinclude_file>$CONFIGDIR$/../user_nodefs.h</opt_preinclude_file>
<begin_command_line_config></begin_command_line_config>
<skip_file>XMLHelperUtil.cpp</skip_file>
</options>
</build>
</config>
<md5>e471f73f8137b3bb42fd78a4695ff14f</md5>
</coverity>
(2) Built the project with the following command:
cov-build --config e:\temp\my_config.xml
--dir "E:\cov-int-out"
"d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Msbuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild"
"<path>\mysolution.sln" /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64
The file is not skipped. What am I doing wrong?
References:
- https://community.synopsys.com/s/article/Exclude-Unwanted-Files-from-Coverity-Scan-and-Manage-Unwanted-Issues-in-CIM
- https://community.synopsys.com/s/article/Exclude-folders-from-Coverity-Scan-Analysis
- https://community.synopsys.com/s/article/cli-integration-cheatsheet
UPDATE Reading the build_log.txt file, I can see that the file is actually skipped:
[STATUS] Ignoring file XMLHelperUtil.cpp because file "<path>\XMLHelperUtil.cpp" matches skip_file pattern "XMLHelperUtil"
I can see that it continues with other files and the it stops here:
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> "FilePath.cpp": using precompiled header file "E:\cov-int\emit\pch\__coverity_ms_pch__1"
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> "..\PtrRefCtr_.h", line 290: warning #1087: the object has type
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> qualifiers that are not compatible with the member function
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> "CPtrRefCtrBase::Validate"
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> object type is: const CPtrRefCtrBase
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> Validate();
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> ^
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> "..\PtrRefCtr_.h", line 383: warning #442: argument list for class
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> template "CRefCtrAuto" is missing
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> CRefCtrCom( Pointee *pObj ): CRefCtrAuto(pObj) { (this)->AddRef(); }
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> ^
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> catastrophic signal: C0000005 (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> tried to read from addr 0x0000000000000064
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> call stack backtrace:
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> cov-emit.exe mingw64 2021.9.0
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000f7f3e0
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004b2167
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000f7f39d
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000f7f6fb
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> KERNELBASE.dll mingw64 2021.9.0
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000001800e1922
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> ntdll.dll mingw64 2021.9.0
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00007ff8dc0eec73
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00007ff8dc0d18b6
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00007ff8dc0e2f3d
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00007ff8dc0a4557
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00007ff8dc0e20ca
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> cov-emit.exe mingw64 2021.9.0
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004b2167
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004f880f
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000515463
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000515bb4
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004d77d1
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004f90ba
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000699690
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000006724fa
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004949ae
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x000000000048e405
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x000000000048e9fe
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x0000000000490e5e
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x00000000004928c3
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> (last 4 repeated 2 more times)
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..|cov-translate|5052|output|> 0x000000000048e405
..|cov-translate|5052|output|>
..|cov-translate|5052|output|> WARNING: cov-emit returned with code 4 for FilePath.cpp
Nothing happens after this. There are many cov-emit processes running:
If I start killing one process at a time, at some point it restarts. I see new things coming up in the log. There is no new output in the console though, and after processing a few files it stops in the same manner.
Solution 1:[1]
After contacting Synopsys support (https://community.synopsys.com/s/case/5002H00001OYqCTQA1/covemit-hangs-all-the-time) it was confirmed that the problem for the hangs is Coverity's current lack of support for Visual Studio 2022, which will come at some point in 2022.
Sources
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Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Marius Bancila |