Memory leak when linking against opencv - c++

I'm linking a library against opencv libraries. I noticed that when I run the unit test executable (using GTest) for that library, that valgrind reports a memory leak/conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value, even when the test doesn't do anything at all (just empty test method).
I traced that issue back to a single line in my CMakeLists.txt - when I remove the linkage against opencv, the memory leak goes away. This is the releavant snippet:
find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)
set(libImageSources src/SourceImageFile.cpp)
add_library(image SHARED ${libImageSources})
# removing this line fixes the leak:
target_link_libraries(image ${OpenCV_LIBS})
Otherwise when runnig an empty unit test, I get an error like this:
==18681== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==18681== Copyright (C) 2002-2015, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==18681== Using Valgrind-3.11.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==18681== Command: ./image_test /Users/max/Documents/playground/cpp/image-server/tests
==18681==
==18681== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==18681== at 0x7FFF5FC24A27: bcmp (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC11904: ImageLoaderMachO::validateFirstPages(linkedit_data_command const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, long long, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC16B7A: ImageLoaderMachOCompressed::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, unsigned int, unsigned int, linkedit_data_command const*, encryption_info_command const*, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC10A6E: ImageLoaderMachO::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC038C2: dyld::loadPhase6(int, stat const&, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08468: dyld::loadPhase5(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08188: dyld::loadPhase4(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07EED: dyld::loadPhase3(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07642: dyld::loadPhase1(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0347A: dyld::loadPhase0(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0315E: dyld::load(char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08705: dyld::libraryLocator(char const*, bool, char const*, ImageLoader::RPathChain const*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681==
==18681== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==18681== at 0x7FFF5FC24A3F: bcmp (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC11904: ImageLoaderMachO::validateFirstPages(linkedit_data_command const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, long long, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC16B7A: ImageLoaderMachOCompressed::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, unsigned int, unsigned int, linkedit_data_command const*, encryption_info_command const*, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC10A6E: ImageLoaderMachO::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC038C2: dyld::loadPhase6(int, stat const&, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08468: dyld::loadPhase5(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08188: dyld::loadPhase4(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07EED: dyld::loadPhase3(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07642: dyld::loadPhase1(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0347A: dyld::loadPhase0(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0315E: dyld::load(char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08705: dyld::libraryLocator(char const*, bool, char const*, ImageLoader::RPathChain const*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681==
==18681== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==18681== at 0x7FFF5FC24A44: bcmp (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC11904: ImageLoaderMachO::validateFirstPages(linkedit_data_command const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, long long, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC16B7A: ImageLoaderMachOCompressed::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, unsigned int, unsigned int, linkedit_data_command const*, encryption_info_command const*, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC10A6E: ImageLoaderMachO::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC038C2: dyld::loadPhase6(int, stat const&, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08468: dyld::loadPhase5(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08188: dyld::loadPhase4(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07EED: dyld::loadPhase3(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07642: dyld::loadPhase1(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0347A: dyld::loadPhase0(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0315E: dyld::load(char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08705: dyld::libraryLocator(char const*, bool, char const*, ImageLoader::RPathChain const*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681==
==18681== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==18681== at 0x7FFF5FC11907: ImageLoaderMachO::validateFirstPages(linkedit_data_command const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, long long, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC16B7A: ImageLoaderMachOCompressed::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, unsigned int, unsigned int, linkedit_data_command const*, encryption_info_command const*, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC10A6E: ImageLoaderMachO::instantiateFromFile(char const*, int, unsigned char const*, unsigned long long, unsigned long long, stat const&, ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC038C2: dyld::loadPhase6(int, stat const&, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08468: dyld::loadPhase5(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08188: dyld::loadPhase4(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07EED: dyld::loadPhase3(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC07642: dyld::loadPhase1(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0347A: dyld::loadPhase0(char const*, char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&, std::__1::vector<char const*, std::__1::allocator<char const*> >*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0315E: dyld::load(char const*, dyld::LoadContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC08705: dyld::libraryLocator(char const*, bool, char const*, ImageLoader::RPathChain const*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681== by 0x7FFF5FC0E85D: ImageLoader::recursiveLoadLibraries(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, bool, ImageLoader::RPathChain const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==18681==
[==========] Running 1 test from 1 test case.
[----------] Global test environment set-up.
[----------] 1 test from ImageProcessingConfigurationService
[ RUN ] ImageProcessingConfigurationService.evaluateConfigurationFile
[ OK ] ImageProcessingConfigurationService.evaluateConfigurationFile (13 ms)
[----------] 1 test from ImageProcessingConfigurationService (28 ms total)
[----------] Global test environment tear-down
[==========] 1 test from 1 test case ran. (114 ms total)
[ PASSED ] 1 test.
==18681==
==18681== HEAP SUMMARY:
==18681== in use at exit: 1,346,030 bytes in 1,453 blocks
==18681== total heap usage: 2,926 allocs, 1,473 frees, 3,045,052 bytes allocated
==18681==
==18681== LEAK SUMMARY:
==18681== definitely lost: 10,580 bytes in 137 blocks
==18681== indirectly lost: 10,032 bytes in 152 blocks
==18681== possibly lost: 9,568 bytes in 183 blocks
==18681== still reachable: 43,598 bytes in 520 blocks
==18681== suppressed: 1,272,252 bytes in 461 blocks
==18681== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==18681==
==18681== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==18681== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from
==18681== ERROR SUMMARY: 36 errors from 4 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
Compiler is clang++ Apple LLVM version 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.31), OS X El Capitan (10.11.1).
Anyone else has had an issue like that? It seems stuff works nontheless, but the error creates noise that I'd rather ignore, I'm not sure if I can fix the root cause.

The issue seems like a false positive reported by valgrind which I can ignore as it's not caused by code.
I tried (at the time of writing) the latest valgrind suppressions file for macOS which didn't work for me, the issue was still reported.
I let valgrind dump the suppressions needed to ignore this error, using a command like:
valgrind --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes --error-limit=no --gen-suppressions=all --log-file=l.log ./image_test
And then used a tool to parse the log output (the awk script didn't work for me as it contained a syntax error, I used the perl version) into a suppressions file:
cat l.log | ./parse_valgrind_suppressions.pl > s.supp
Now running the test with the generated suppresions file ignores the memory leak:
valgrind --suppressions=./s.supp ./image_test

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I encountered this problem while doing my assignments. When you have a class B that inherits class A, and B initializes variables in A by calling the constructor of A in B's constructor, the variable that is supposed to be initialized in A's constructor remains uninitialized. This doesn't seem to happen if we create an object of class A, even though seemingly the only difference is the inheritance and constructor chain.
Here is a minimal example:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
class A {
public:
A(std::string s)
: s_(s) {}
~A(){}
void Print() const {
std::cout << s_ + "123";
}
private:
const std::string& s_;
};
class B : public A {
public:
B(std::string s)
: A(s) {}
};
int main()
{
//A a = A("123");
//a.Print();
B b = B("123");
b.Print();
}
In Print(), you can remove the extra string literal. This way the issue is focused on the variable not being initialized. But with the extra literal, according to valgrind, a million bytes are still reachable. This seems very weird.
Valgrind without literal in Print():
g++ -c -g -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic main.cpp -o main.o
g++ main.o -o main
valgrind ./main
==22551== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==22551== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==22551== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==22551== Command: ./main
==22551==
==22551== error calling PR_SET_PTRACER, vgdb might block
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x4F4FA9A: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x545C928: fwrite (iofwrite.c:35)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x54689B4: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1226)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x5468A85: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1275)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x5468210: _IO_file_write##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1198)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: new_do_write (fileops.c:457)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1277)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Syscall param write(buf) contains uninitialised byte(s)
==22551== at 0x54ED264: write (write.c:27)
==22551== by 0x546822C: _IO_file_write##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1203)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: new_do_write (fileops.c:457)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1277)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Syscall param write(count) contains uninitialised byte(s)
==22551== at 0x54ED264: write (write.c:27)
==22551== by 0x546822C: _IO_file_write##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1203)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: new_do_write (fileops.c:457)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1277)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Syscall param write(buf) points to uninitialised byte(s)
==22551== at 0x54ED264: write (write.c:27)
==22551== by 0x546822C: _IO_file_write##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1203)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: new_do_write (fileops.c:457)
==22551== by 0x5468B9E: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1277)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551== Address 0x1ffefff910 is on thread 1's stack
==22551== in frame #5, created by A::Print() const (main.cpp:14)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x5468BB0: new_do_write (fileops.c:458)
==22551== by 0x5468BB0: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1277)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x5468BEB: _IO_file_xsputn##GLIBC_2.2.5 (fileops.c:1279)
==22551== by 0x545C9E6: fwrite (iofwrite.c:39)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x545CA65: fwrite (iofwrite.c:45)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x545CA6A: fwrite (iofwrite.c:45)
==22551== by 0x4F4FB83: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22551== at 0x4F4FB91: std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std::__ostream_insert<char, std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*, long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.25)
==22551== by 0x109BAF: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22551== by 0x1099EB: main (main.cpp:32)
==22551==
==22551==
==22551== HEAP SUMMARY:
==22551== in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22551== total heap usage: 2 allocs, 2 frees, 73,216 bytes allocated
==22551==
==22551== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==22551==
==22551== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==22551== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from
==22551== ERROR SUMMARY: 13 errors from 13 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
Valgrind with literal in Print():
(I had to cut the middle out to fit into the character limit, the whole thing is here: https://pastebin.com/UQmB0mXj)
g++ -c -g -std=c++17 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic main.cpp -o main.o
g++ main.o -o main
valgrind ./main
==22561== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==22561== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==22561== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==22561== Command: ./main
==22561==
==22561== error calling PR_SET_PTRACER, vgdb might block
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x10AC50: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:217)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x10AD84: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_create(unsigned long&, unsigned long) (basic_string.tcc:137)
==22561== by 0x10AC69: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:219)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
...
had to cut here to fit into character limit
...
==22561==
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x10A9F0: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:337)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x109DE1: std::char_traits<char>::copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (char_traits.h:348)
==22561== by 0x10AA1D: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:340)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x4C366E6: memmove (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==22561== by 0x109E05: std::char_traits<char>::copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (char_traits.h:350)
==22561== by 0x10AA1D: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:340)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x4C36711: memmove (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==22561== by 0x109E05: std::char_traits<char>::copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (char_traits.h:350)
==22561== by 0x10AA1D: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:340)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
==22561== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==22561== at 0x4C367EE: memmove (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==22561== by 0x109E05: std::char_traits<char>::copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (char_traits.h:350)
==22561== by 0x10AA1D: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:340)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561==
==22561== Invalid read of size 8
==22561== at 0x4C367EE: memmove (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==22561== by 0x109E05: std::char_traits<char>::copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (char_traits.h:350)
==22561== by 0x10AA1D: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:340)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561== Address 0x1fff001000 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd
==22561==
==22561==
==22561== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
==22561== Access not within mapped region at address 0x1FFF001000
==22561== at 0x4C367EE: memmove (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==22561== by 0x109E05: std::char_traits<char>::copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (char_traits.h:350)
==22561== by 0x10AA1D: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy(char*, char const*, unsigned long) (basic_string.h:340)
==22561== by 0x10AED7: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char*, char*) (basic_string.h:382)
==22561== by 0x10ACB0: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*, std::forward_iterator_tag) (basic_string.tcc:225)
==22561== by 0x10A7DD: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct_aux<char*>(char*, char*, std::__false_type) (basic_string.h:236)
==22561== by 0x10A472: void std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::_M_construct<char*>(char*, char*) (basic_string.h:255)
==22561== by 0x10A15B: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&) (basic_string.h:440)
==22561== by 0x10A05E: std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > std::operator+<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >(std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, char const*) (basic_string.h:5928)
==22561== by 0x109E66: A::Print() const (main.cpp:15)
==22561== by 0x109C8B: main (main.cpp:32)
==22561== If you believe this happened as a result of a stack
==22561== overflow in your program's main thread (unlikely but
==22561== possible), you can try to increase the size of the
==22561== main thread stack using the --main-stacksize= flag.
==22561== The main thread stack size used in this run was 8388608.
==22561==
==22561== HEAP SUMMARY:
==22561== in use at exit: 1,089,515 bytes in 1 blocks
==22561== total heap usage: 2 allocs, 1 frees, 1,162,219 bytes allocated
==22561==
==22561== LEAK SUMMARY:
==22561== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22561== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22561== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22561== still reachable: 1,089,515 bytes in 1 blocks
==22561== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==22561== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==22561==
==22561== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==22561== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from
==22561== ERROR SUMMARY: 197 errors from 12 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
src.make:32: recipe for target 'valgrind-run' failed
make: *** [valgrind-run] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
My questions are:
Why does the compiler not give an error because of A's constructor? How can we set a reference with the value?
Why does this only give errors when there is inheritance involved?
Why does adding a literal in Print() have such a big effect? And why are a million bytes allocated because of this?
Why does the compiler not give an error because of A's constructor?
Presumably because A's constructor is well-formed, and thus the compiler must accept it in order to conform to the standard.
You are allowed to bind a reference to a local variable. The reference will be invalid after the constructor returns, but if the program never indirects through the reference after returning from the constructor, then that is technically no problem. It is not trivial for the compiler to prove that the program will do that (this problem is generally analogous to the halting problem).
A compiler does warn about it through:
warning: binding reference member 's_' to stack allocated parameter 's' [-Wdangling-field]
How can we set a reference with the value?
You have bound the reference to the local variable. It is unclear what you're trying to do, but probably you should not be using a reference member to achieve that.
Why ...
Why ...
Because behaviour of the program is undefined. Any change can affect the behaviour of the program in any way. The behaviour can even change without change to the program. Or it might not change. Nothing about the behaviour of the program is guaranteed.

Uninitialised value was created by a heap allocation in libchilkat?

I run sudo valgrind --leak-check=full -v --track-origins=yes ./myprogram
The result is:
==31734== 1 errors in context 7 of 7:
==31734== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==31734== at 0x61CCCC: TlsProtocol::sendRecord(unsigned char const*, unsigned int, int, int, int, TlsEndpoint&, unsigned int, SocketParams&, LogBase&) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x61D32E: TlsProtocol::sendHandshakeMessages(DataBuffer&, int, int, TlsEndpoint&, unsigned int, SocketParams&, LogBase&) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x620B1C: TlsProtocol::sendClientHello(TlsEndpoint&, unsigned int, SocketParams&, LogBase&) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x6265E7: TlsProtocol::clientHandshake2(TlsEndpoint&, unsigned int, SocketParams&, LogBase&) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x627789: TlsProtocol::clientHandshake(char const*, int, TlsEndpoint&, unsigned int, SocketParams&, SharedCertChain*, LogBase&) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x616855: SChannelChilkat::connectImplicitSsl(char const*, int, bool, int, unsigned int, unsigned int, SystemCerts&, SocketParams&, LogBase&, bool&, SharedCertChain*) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x56DDEB: Socket2::connect2(char const*, int, bool, bool, int, SystemCerts&, unsigned int, unsigned int, SocketParams&, LogBase&, bool&, int&, SharedCertChain*) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x56E24F: Socket2::socket2Connect(char const*, int, bool, bool, int, SystemCerts&, unsigned int, unsigned int, SocketParams&, LogBase&, bool&, int&, SharedCertChain*, ClsSocksClient&, ClsHttpProxyClient*) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x514FD9: Imap::connectToImapServer(char const*, int, StringBuffer&, SharedCertChain*, SystemCerts&, ClsSocksClient&, ClsHttpProxyClient*, LogBase&, ProgressMonitor*) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x48BB69: ClsImap::Connect(XString&, ProgressEvent*) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x454A5D: CkImap::Connect(char const*) (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x422C2E: EmailSensorAlertConnection::Connect(char const*, int, bool, char const*, char const*) (emailconnection.cpp:150)
==31734== Uninitialised value was created by a heap allocation
==31734== at 0x4C2B0E0: operator new(unsigned long) (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==31734== by 0x47F219: ClsImap::createNewCls() (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x4567EA: CkImap::CkImap() (in /home/me/src/myprogram)
==31734== by 0x422A13: EmailConnection::EmailConnection(std::string) (emailconnection.cpp:110)
==31734== by 0x41D364: IMAPConnectionFactory::getIMAPConnection() (imapconnectionfactory.cpp:46)
==31734== by 0x431362: main (myprogram.cpp:348)
==31734==
==31734== ERROR SUMMARY: 7 errors from 7 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
Part of myprogram.cpp is:
bool connectRes = m_imap.Connect( server );//line 348
I try to find the uninitialized variable. It seems that it is in:ClsImap::createNewCls(). I used grep to search this function. This function is in libchilkat-e/lib/libchilkat-9.5.0.a. How to fix this problem? It seems that the problem is in the lib. So I can do nothing? Am I right?

Valgrind captures SIGSEGV on std::string destructor

I've been trying to debug a comparatively infrequent, impossible-to-produce-on-demand memory issue for some time now, and I think today provided the most useful valgrind output thus far. Below are the relevant lines:
==25808== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==25808== at 0x4EF14CE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EA7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
==25808==
==25808== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==25808== at 0x4E9264D: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x4EF14DE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EA7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
==25808==
==25808== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==25808== at 0x4C2C272: operator delete(void*) (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==25808== by 0x4EF14DE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EA7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
==25808==
==25808== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()
==25808== at 0x4C2C2BC: operator delete(void*) (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==25808== by 0x4EF14DE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EA7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
==25808== Address 0x5c343e8 is in the Data segment of /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so
==25808==
==25808== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==25808== at 0x4EF14CE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EC7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
==25808==
==25808== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==25808== at 0x4E9264D: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x4EF14DE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EC7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
==25808==
==25808==
==25808== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV): dumping core
==25808== Bad permissions for mapped region at address 0x58EF4D4
==25808== at 0x4E9264D: ??? (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x4EF14DE: std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string() (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19)
==25808== by 0x491EC7: app::symbol_parameters::~symbol_parameters() (App.h:26)
==25808== by 0x4B7E04: app::AddSymbol(std::string, int, unsigned long) (xyz_symbol_add.cpp:43)
==25808== by 0x4B3269: AppStartup(int, char**, char const*) (AppBase.cpp:332)
==25808== by 0x48CE74: main (App.cpp:54)
And here are the lines about which valgrind most directly complains:
App.h:26-40
struct symbol_parameters
{
string symbol;
//...
};
xyz_symbol_add.cpp:18-43
struct symbol_parameters
{
string symbol;
};
//...
void AddSymbol(string sym, int32_t psn, uint64_t pr)
{
string symb=format_symbol_local(sym);
//...
symbol_parameters p{symb};
//...
And here's format_symbol_local()
string format_symbol_local(string symbol)
{
// convert .PR to -
size_t found = symbol.find(".PR");
if(string::npos==found) return symbol;
return symbol.replace(found,3,"-");
}
AppBase.cpp:327-333
for(LibAbcCallBack::Position position : xyz_params.position_list)
{
if(position.quantity > 0)
{
AddSymbol(position.symbol, position.quantity);
}
}
And finally, App.cpp:54 is just a line from main(), calling AppStartup(). Nothing surprising there.
While there are names for most of the functions that valgrind takes issue with, I'm having a hard time deriving anything useful from the output. Where should I be looking from here?

Mac/C++/10.8: "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)" in dyld?

I am using valkrie/valgrind on Mac OS 10.8 to find memory leaks in a small testcase command line tool.
While I have been able to locate many problems successfully before, valgrind right now presents the following error to me of which I can't seem to make sense:
==69195== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==69195== at 0x3F68CF: ??? (in /usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib)
==69195== by 0x11AC2F: ??? (in /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib)
==69195== by 0x8FE13CD9: ImageLoaderMachO::doModInitFunctions(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE13FDD: ImageLoaderMachO::doInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE10267: ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE101CB: ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE100B9: ImageLoader::runInitializers(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, ImageLoader::InitializerTimingList&) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE01DD8: dyld::initializeMainExecutable() (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE05ADA: dyld::_main(macho_header const*, unsigned long, int, char const**, char const**, char const**, unsigned long*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE01375: dyldbootstrap::start(macho_header const*, int, char const**, long, macho_header const*, unsigned long*) (in /usr/lib/dyld)
==69195== by 0x8FE01076: _dyld_start (in /usr/lib/dyld)
Usually valgrind's error traces touch my own code before they descend into library/system calls,
but in this case the error seems to occur in "dyld::initializeMainExecutable()", which is in a system linker library outside of my control.
Where could I look to fix this - is there another way to make sense of it?
Cheers+thanks y

SIGSEGV within std::sort, how to narrow it down

This is a related post to this one as it deals with the same program, but i now implemented it iterative and not recursive anymore, but I still get SIGSEGV (but later) while running the program. I did some other changes to my program to narrow it down, and I figured that changing a vector of objects, to a vector of ptr to the objects on the heap does give me some extra rounds (about 200), but still crashes. I suggest that somehow my memory to save variables within the program gets exhausted, but as I dump the stacksize of the program:
rlimit rlim;
getrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK,&rlim);
std::cout << "rlim_cur ist:" << rlim.rlim_cur << std::endl;
std::cout << "rlim_max ist:" << rlim.rlim_max << std::endl;
the output is:
rlim_cur ist:8388608
rlim_max ist:18446744073709551615
and this seems to be pretty big and not used up, are there any other relevant limits to dump
to narrow my problem down further and hopefully solve it?
Here the dump of my debugger:
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x000000000040b2a0 in Town::get_cur_capacity (this=0x0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:98
98 return left_over_capacity;
(gdb) backtrace
#0 0x000000000040b2a0 in Town::get_cur_capacity (this=0x0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:98
#1 0x000000000040b9ab in Town::compare_by_capacity (eins=0x0, zwei=0x0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:135
#2 0x00000000004124c7 in std::__move_median_first<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (__a=..., __b=..., __c=...,
__comp=0x40b98e <Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*)>) at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:108
#3 0x0000000000411250 in std::__unguarded_partition_pivot<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (__first=..., __last=...,
__comp=0x40b98e <Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*)>) at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:2260
#4 0x000000000040f111 in std::__introsort_loop<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, long, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (__first=..., __last=..., __depth_limit=21,
__comp=0x40b98e <Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*)>) at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:2302
#5 0x000000000040de63 in std::sort<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (__first=..., __last=..., __comp=0x40b98e <Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*)>)
at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:5250
#6 0x000000000040ce5a in Solution_Stack::get_towns_by_capacity (this=0x7fffffffe010) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:331
#7 0x000000000040a6cf in solver::treat_towns_with_zero_capacity (ptr=0x7fffffffe010) at ./solver/Solver.cpp:184
#8 0x0000000000409ff2 in solver::solve_problem (ptr=0x7fffffffe010) at ./solver/Solver.cpp:94
#9 0x000000000041475f in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe208) at ./main/Main.cpp:50
The new dump after adding a check-function to trace down zero values:
#0 0x000000000040b2a0 in Town::get_cur_capacity (this=0x40) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:98
#1 0x000000000040b9e9 in Town::compare_by_index (eins=0x40, zwei=0x73b4d0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:139
#2 0x000000000040bad1 in Town::compare_by_index_inv (eins=0x40, zwei=0x73b4d0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:153
#3 0x00000000004127ea in std::__unguarded_partition<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, Town*, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (
__first=..., __last=..., __pivot=#0x631ef0, __comp=0x40baae <Town::compare_by_index_inv(Town const*, Town const*)>)
at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:2229
#4 0x0000000000411444 in std::__unguarded_partition_pivot<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (
__first=..., __last=..., __comp=0x40baae <Town::compare_by_index_inv(Town const*, Town const*)>) at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:2261
#5 0x000000000040f2c5 in std::__introsort_loop<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, long, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (
__first=..., __last=..., __depth_limit=7, __comp=0x40baae <Town::compare_by_index_inv(Town const*, Town const*)>)
at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:2302
#6 0x000000000040e017 in std::sort<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (__first=..., __last=...,
__comp=0x40baae <Town::compare_by_index_inv(Town const*, Town const*)>) at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:5250
#7 0x000000000040d1e6 in Solution_Stack::get_partners_of_by_index_inv (this=0x7fffffffe010, id=523) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:371
#8 0x000000000040a4d7 in solver::treat_towns_considering_their_index (ptr=0x7fffffffe010) at ./solver/Solver.cpp:165
#9 0x000000000040a016 in solver::solve_problem (ptr=0x7fffffffe010) at ./solver/Solver.cpp:100
#10 0x0000000000414913 in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe208) at ./main/Main.cpp:50
Valgrind gave me this as a dump, just at the place where the problem used to occure anyways. I is quite confusing to me, due to its size:
==16150== Invalid read of size 4
==16150== at 0x40B2A0: Town::get_cur_capacity() const (Darstellung.cpp:98)
==16150== by 0x40B9AA: Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*) (Darstellung.cpp:135)
==16150== by 0x4124C6: void std::__move_median_first<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:108)
==16150== by 0x41124F: __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > > std::__unguarded_partition_pivot<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:2260)
==16150== by 0x40F110: void std::__introsort_loop<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, long, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, long, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:2302)
==16150== by 0x40DE62: void std::sort<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:5250)
==16150== by 0x40CE59: Solution_Stack::get_towns_by_capacity() (Darstellung.cpp:331)
==16150== by 0x40A6CE: solver::treat_towns_with_zero_capacity(Solution_Stack*) (Solver.cpp:184)
==16150== by 0x409FF1: solver::solve_problem(Solution_Stack*) (Solver.cpp:94)
==16150== by 0x41475E: main (Main.cpp:50)
==16150== Address 0x8 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd
==16150==
==16150==
==16150== Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
==16150== Access not within mapped region at address 0x8
==16150== at 0x40B2A0: Town::get_cur_capacity() const (Darstellung.cpp:98)
==16150== by 0x40B9AA: Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*) (Darstellung.cpp:135)
==16150== by 0x4124C6: void std::__move_median_first<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:108)
==16150== by 0x41124F: __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > > std::__unguarded_partition_pivot<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:2260)
==16150== by 0x40F110: void std::__introsort_loop<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, long, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, long, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:2302)
==16150== by 0x40DE62: void std::sort<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)>(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*, std::allocator<Town*> > >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)) (stl_algo.h:5250)
==16150== by 0x40CE59: Solution_Stack::get_towns_by_capacity() (Darstellung.cpp:331)
==16150== by 0x40A6CE: solver::treat_towns_with_zero_capacity(Solution_Stack*) (Solver.cpp:184)
==16150== by 0x409FF1: solver::solve_problem(Solution_Stack*) (Solver.cpp:94)
==16150== by 0x41475E: main (Main.cpp:50)
==16150== If you believe this happened as a result of a stack
==16150== overflow in your program's main thread (unlikely but
==16150== possible), you can try to increase the size of the
==16150== main thread stack using the --main-stacksize= flag.
==16150== The main thread stack size used in this run was 8388608.
==16150==
==16150== HEAP SUMMARY:
==16150== in use at exit: 771,174 bytes in 19,239 blocks
==16150== total heap usage: 9,821,251 allocs, 9,802,012 frees, 384,861,557 bytes allocated
==16150==
==16150== 50,678 bytes in 1,491 blocks are possibly lost in loss record 28 of 35
==16150== at 0x4C28B42: operator new(unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:261)
==16150== by 0x4ECBE6C: std::string::_Rep::_S_create(unsigned long, unsigned long, std::allocator<char> const&) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.14)
==16150== by 0x4ECC08D: std::string::_M_mutate(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.14)
==16150== by 0x4ECC730: std::string::erase(unsigned long, unsigned long) (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.14)
==16150== by 0x407FB6: utility::split_helper(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:28)
==16150== by 0x4080B5: utility::split_helper(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:49)
==16150== by 0x4081C3: utility::split(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:66)
==16150== by 0x40539C: parser::get_city_prototypes(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >) (Parser.cpp:27)
==16150== by 0x4050EB: parser::get_problem_configuration(std::string, std::string) (Parser.cpp:17)
==16150== by 0x414699: main (Main.cpp:34)
==16150==
==16150== 62,606 (11,928 direct, 50,678 indirect) bytes in 1,491 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 30 of 35
==16150== at 0x4C28B42: operator new(unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:261)
==16150== by 0x407F68: utility::split_helper(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:24)
==16150== by 0x4080B5: utility::split_helper(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:49)
==16150== by 0x4081C3: utility::split(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:66)
==16150== by 0x40539C: parser::get_city_prototypes(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >) (Parser.cpp:27)
==16150== by 0x4050EB: parser::get_problem_configuration(std::string, std::string) (Parser.cpp:17)
==16150== by 0x414699: main (Main.cpp:34)
==16150==
==16150== 94,406 (18,440 direct, 75,966 indirect) bytes in 2,305 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 32 of 35
==16150== at 0x4C28B42: operator new(unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:261)
==16150== by 0x407F68: utility::split_helper(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:24)
==16150== by 0x4080B5: utility::split_helper(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:49)
==16150== by 0x4081C3: utility::split(std::string, std::string) (Tools.cpp:66)
==16150== by 0x40573F: parser::get_finished_cities(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >, std::vector<City*, std::allocator<City*> >) (Parser.cpp:42)
==16150== by 0x40511A: parser::get_problem_configuration(std::string, std::string) (Parser.cpp:17)
==16150== by 0x414699: main (Main.cpp:34)
==16150==
==16150== 178,720 (131,208 direct, 47,512 indirect) bytes in 1,491 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 35 of 35
==16150== at 0x4C28B42: operator new(unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:261)
==16150== by 0x40541B: parser::get_city_prototypes(std::vector<std::string, std::allocator<std::string> >) (Parser.cpp:28)
==16150== by 0x4050EB: parser::get_problem_configuration(std::string, std::string) (Parser.cpp:17)
==16150== by 0x414699: main (Main.cpp:34)
==16150==
==16150== LEAK SUMMARY:
==16150== definitely lost: 161,576 bytes in 5,287 blocks
==16150== indirectly lost: 174,156 bytes in 5,287 blocks
==16150== possibly lost: 50,678 bytes in 1,491 blocks
==16150== still reachable: 384,764 bytes in 7,174 blocks
==16150== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==16150== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are not shown.
==16150== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes
==16150==
==16150== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==16150== Use --track-origins=yes to see where uninitialised values come from
==16150== ERROR SUMMARY: 7 errors from 7 contexts (suppressed: 4 from 4)
#0 0x000000000040b2a0 in Town::get_cur_capacity (this=0x0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:98
It looks like you're invoking get_cur_capacity on a NULL pointer. You're getting here from a comparator:
#1 0x000000000040b9ab in Town::compare_by_capacity (eins=0x0, zwei=0x0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:135
which is comparing NULL to NULL. You further get here from a sort:
#5 0x000000000040de63 in std::sort<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Town**, std::vector<Town*> >, bool (*)(Town const*, Town const*)> (__first=..., __last=..., __comp=0x40b98e <Town::compare_by_capacity(Town const*, Town const*)>)
at /usr/include/c++/4.5/bits/stl_algo.h:5250
This is sorting std::vector<Town*>, and is called from:
#6 0x000000000040ce5a in Solution_Stack::get_towns_by_capacity (this=0x7fffffffe010) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:331
Most likely the vector you're sorting contains NULL pointers, and your compare_by_capacity function is not prepared to handle this eventuality. Either make sure the vector has no NULLs, or have compare_by_capacity explicitly check for NULL and do something sensible (eg, sort it before anything other than another NULL).
#1 0x000000000040b9e9 in Town::compare_by_index (eins=0x40, zwei=0x73b4d0) at ./solver/Darstellung.cpp:139
This 0x40 looks like you have either uninitialized memory or corrupted memory. How are you resizing this vector?
It's really quite difficult to try to diagnose this without actually seeing any of your code.
If your code is compiled with debugging symbols and without optimization, then we can probably believe the Town::get_cur_capacity (this=0x0) line which means you got a null pointer in your vector somewhere. The code that put it in may have run at a totally different point in time.
If nulls are actually intended to be allowed in your vector then your sort predicate compare_by_capacity needs to be prepared to handle that eventuality.
In this case you may need to review the code that populates your vector, and valgrind may help you track down if there are memory problems in your code.