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<think>
Okay, so I have this problem where when I run my C++ program that uses std::thread on Qemu-ppc, it's causing memory leaks. But when I run the same binary on real PowerPC hardware or on Intel, there are no issues. Hmm, that's interesting.
The user provided a sample code snippet. The function Fun100 creates 100 threads and joins them one by one. Each thread sleeps for 10ms. After creating all the threads and joining them, it waits another 500ms to let the OS clean up. They noticed that when running this in Qemu-ppc, the memory usage keeps increasing each time Fun100 is called again.
So, the problem is specific to Qemu's PowerPC emulation. It doesn't happen on real hardware or other architectures. The compiler used was powerpc-linux-gnu-g++ 8.3.0, but they mentioned older versions also have this issue. The OS is Debian 10, and Qemu version is 3.1.50.
I need to classify the bug into one of three categories: instruction, syscall, or runtime. Let's think about each possibility.
If it were an instruction-level problem, there would be a specific assembly instruction that's causing incorrect behavior. But since it works on real hardware and only fails in Qemu, it's more likely something related to how the emulator handles certain operations rather than a CPU instruction issue.
Syscall issues could involve system calls not being handled correctly by Qemu. For example, if creating threads or managing memory requires specific syscalls that Qemu isn't emulating properly, that could lead to resource leaks. However, since it's a thread creation and joining problem, which involves several syscalls (like clone, futex for pthread_join), maybe something in the syscall emulation is causing the memory not to be released properly.
Runtime errors are more general and include issues like incorrect handling of resources during execution. Since each call to Fun100() increases the memory usage without bound, it suggests that some resource isn't being cleaned up after the threads finish. This could relate to how Qemu manages thread or memory resources internally when emulating PowerPC.
Given that the issue is only in Qemu and not on real hardware, it's likely a problem with how Qemu handles certain runtime operations, particularly those related to threading and memory management. It might be an issue with how Qemu allocates or frees memory for threads, possibly leading to leaks because some structures aren't properly deallocated when the threads exit.
So putting this together, the bug is probably in Qemu's handling of thread creation and resource management during runtime, specifically in the PowerPC emulation.
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