intercept libc's regexec, at least to avoid msan false positives
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- C
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Description
See e.g. https://github.com/file/file/commit/393dafa41b26a7d8ed593912e0ec1f1e7bd4e406
(valid code require a workaround to use msan)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the referenced file/file commit 393dafa41b26a7d8ed593912e0ec1f1e7bd4e406 and inspect how libc's regexec interacts with MemorySanitizer. Then locate the sanitizer interceptor code and determine the scope needed to prevent the reported false positives; done means valid code no longer requires the referenced workaround.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- testing-qa, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100