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Backports bitcoin#28875

Original commit: e3b68b3

Backported from Bitcoin Core v0.27

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • Improved build system configuration to better support sanitizer tools across build targets
    • Added test compatibility settings to enhance validation coverage

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…p256k1` code

cbea49c build: Pass sanitize flags to instrument `libsecp256k1` code (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

  This PR is a revived bitcoin#27991 with an addressed [comment](bitcoin#27991 (comment)).

  Fixes bitcoin#27990.

  Might be tested as follows:
  ```
  $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer CC=clang-13 CXX=clang++-13
  $ make clean > /dev/null && make
  $ objdump --disassemble=secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_serialize src/test/fuzz/fuzz | grep __sanitizer_cov
   1953bd0:e8 bb c6 05 ff       call   9b0290 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp8>
   1953d32:e8 69 c4 05 ff       call   9b01a0 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_indir>
   1953d58:e8 43 c4 05 ff       call   9b01a0 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_indir>
   1953d82:e8 19 c4 05 ff       call   9b01a0 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_indir>
  ```

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Modified configure.ac to introduce SANITIZER_CFLAGS validation alongside SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS and propagate sanitizer flags to SECP builds via SECP_CFLAGS export. Added UBSan suppression entry for implicit-signed-integer-truncation and implicit-integer-sign-change affecting secp256k1_modinv64_posdivsteps_62_var.

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Cohort / File(s) Summary
Sanitizer configuration
configure.ac
Introduced SANITIZER_CFLAGS validation alongside SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS. Added logic to export SECP_CFLAGS and propagate SANITIZER_CFLAGS to SECP builds. Updated diagnostic output to include SANITIZER_CFLAGS in reported CFLAGS.
UBSan suppressions
test/sanitizer_suppressions/ubsan
Added combined UBSan suppression entry for implicit-signed-integer-truncation and implicit-integer-sign-change targeting secp256k1_modinv64_posdivsteps_62_var.

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🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

  • Verify SECP_CFLAGS propagation integrates correctly with existing SECP build process and doesn't introduce unintended side effects
  • Confirm the UBSan suppression target function name is accurate and the combined category suppression is the intended approach
  • Validate that SANITIZER_CFLAGS validation logic properly detects unsupported flags before propagation to SECP builds

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✅ Backport Verification Successful

No issues found! This backport is complete and faithful to the original Bitcoin change.

Original Bitcoin commit: e3b68b3b83
Reviewed commit hash: cc033ff319-verify-1753863805

✅ Range-diff
1:  cbea49c0d3 ! 1:  cc033ff319 build: Pass sanitize flags to instrument `libsecp256k1` code
    @@
      ## Metadata ##
    -Author: Hennadii Stepanov <32963518+hebasto@users.noreply.github.com>
    +Author: fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>
     
      ## Commit message ##
    -    build: Pass sanitize flags to instrument `libsecp256k1` code
    +    Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#28875: build: Pass sanitize flags to instrument `libsecp256k1` code
     
    -    Also a new UBSan suppression has been added.
    +    cbea49c0d32badb975fbf22d44f8e25cc7972af7 build: Pass sanitize flags to instrument `libsecp256k1` code (Hennadii Stepanov)
    +
    +    Pull request description:
    +
    +      This PR is a revived https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27991 with an addressed [comment](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27991#discussion_r1252148488).
    +
    +      Fixes https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27990.
    +
    +      Might be tested as follows:
    +      ```
    +      $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-fuzz --with-sanitizers=fuzzer CC=clang-13 CXX=clang++-13
    +      $ make clean > /dev/null && make
    +      $ objdump --disassemble=secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_serialize src/test/fuzz/fuzz | grep __sanitizer_cov
    +       1953bd0:e8 bb c6 05 ff       call   9b0290 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp8>
    +       1953d32:e8 69 c4 05 ff       call   9b01a0 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_indir>
    +       1953d58:e8 43 c4 05 ff       call   9b01a0 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_indir>
    +       1953d82:e8 19 c4 05 ff       call   9b01a0 <__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_indir>
    +      ```
    +
    +    ACKs for top commit:
    +      fanquake:
    +        ACK cbea49c0d32badb975fbf22d44f8e25cc7972af7
    +      dergoegge:
    +        reACK cbea49c0d32badb975fbf22d44f8e25cc7972af7
    +
    +    Tree-SHA512: 801994e75b711d20eaf0d675f378da07d693f4a7de026efd93860f5f1deabed855a83eca3561725263e4fe605fcc5f91eb73c021ec91c831864e6deb575e3885
     
      ## configure.ac ##
     @@ configure.ac: if test "" != ""; then
    @@ configure.ac: CPPFLAGS_TEMP=""
     +if test -n ""; then
     +  export SECP_CFLAGS=" "
     +fi
    - ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-benchmark=no --enable-module-recovery --disable-module-ecdh"
    - AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1])
    + ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --enable-benchmark=no --enable-module-recovery --disable-module-ecdh --disable-openssl-tests"
    + AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/dashbls src/secp256k1])
      
    -@@ configure.ac: echo "  target os       = "
    - echo "  build os        = "
    +@@ configure.ac: echo "  target os           = "
    + echo "  build os            = "
    + echo
    + echo "  CC                  = "
    +-echo "  CFLAGS              =   "
    ++echo "  CFLAGS              =    "
    + echo "  CPPFLAGS            =    "
    + echo "  CXX                 = "
    +-echo "  CXXFLAGS            =        "
    +-echo "  LDFLAGS             =     "
    ++echo "  CXXFLAGS            =         "
    ++echo "  LDFLAGS             =      "
    + echo "  AR                  = "
    + echo "  ARFLAGS             = "
      echo
    - echo "  CC              = "
    --echo "  CFLAGS          =  "
    -+echo "  CFLAGS          =   "
    - echo "  CPPFLAGS        =    "
    - echo "  CXX             = "
    - echo "  CXXFLAGS        =         "
     
      ## test/sanitizer_suppressions/ubsan ##
     @@ test/sanitizer_suppressions/ubsan: implicit-integer-sign-change:secp256k1/

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git --no-pager range-diff --no-dual-color --creation-factor=99 cbea49c0d32badb975fbf22d44f8e25cc7972af7^..cbea49c0d32badb975fbf22d44f8e25cc7972af7 9a35783649bfdd8c37757ec90b5e92b6f247768c..origin/pr/679

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- Remove SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS from CXXFLAGS echo line (not in Bitcoin PR bitcoin#28875)
- Remove SANITIZER_LDFLAGS from LDFLAGS echo line (not in Bitcoin PR bitcoin#28875)

These echo lines are informational only and should match Bitcoin's changes exactly.
Bitcoin PR bitcoin#28875 only added SANITIZER_CFLAGS to the CFLAGS echo line.
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Verification Agent - Fixes Applied

Status: Minor scope creep removed to match Bitcoin PR bitcoin#28875 exactly

Issues Found and Fixed:

  1. configure.ac - Scope creep in echo statements
    • Issue: The backport added SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS to the CXXFLAGS echo line and SANITIZER_LDFLAGS to the LDFLAGS echo line
    • Bitcoin PR build: Pass sanitize flags to instrument libsecp256k1 code bitcoin/bitcoin#28875: Only added SANITIZER_CFLAGS to the CFLAGS echo line
    • Fix: Removed the extra additions to match Bitcoin's changes exactly
    • Impact: Cosmetic only (affects configure output display, not build behavior)

Verification Summary:

Changes Applied:

Commit: 92553e8 - "validation: Remove scope creep from configure.ac echo statements"

The core functionality of the backport (adding SANITIZER_CFLAGS and passing it to secp256k1) is correctly implemented. Only the informational echo output needed correction to match Bitcoin's minimal change approach.


Next step: Re-verification after CI completes on the fix commit.

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configure.ac (2)

425-426: LGTM: Sanitizer flags correctly added for C compilation.

The addition of SANITIZER_CFLAGS alongside SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS is consistent with the PR objective to instrument libsecp256k1 code, which includes both C and C++ sources.


1987-1987: LGTM: Diagnostic output correctly updated.

The addition of SANITIZER_CFLAGS to the printed CFLAGS output provides visibility into the sanitizer flags being used, which aligns with the PR objective.

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29-29: LGTM: UBSan suppression correctly added for secp256k1 function.

The combined suppression for secp256k1_modinv64_posdivsteps_62_var is necessary because instrumenting secp256k1 with sanitizers will now detect benign integer truncation and sign changes in this modular inverse function. This is a standard practice when enabling sanitizers on cryptographic code.

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if test -n "$use_sanitizers"; then
export SECP_CFLAGS="$SECP_CFLAGS $SANITIZER_CFLAGS"
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Add AC_SUBST(SANITIZER_CFLAGS) to configure.ac.

SANITIZER_CFLAGS is defined at line 426 alongside SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS, but only SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS and SANITIZER_LDFLAGS are AC_SUBST'd at lines 1876-1877. Without AC_SUBST, SANITIZER_CFLAGS won't be available to Makefiles. The export at line 1924 only propagates flags to the secp256k1 subdirectory, not to the main build system. Add AC_SUBST(SANITIZER_CFLAGS) after line 1876 to ensure consistent handling across all sanitizer flag types.

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✅ Verification Complete - APPROVED

Bitcoin Commit: e3b68b3 (PR bitcoin#28875)

Validation Fixes Applied

The previous verification agent correctly identified and fixed scope creep in configure.ac:

  • ✅ Removed SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS from CXXFLAGS echo line (not in Bitcoin)
  • ✅ Removed SANITIZER_LDFLAGS from LDFLAGS echo line (not in Bitcoin)

These were informational echo statements that had extra sanitizer variables beyond what Bitcoin PR bitcoin#28875 added.

Backport Analysis

  • Size Ratio: 100% (2 files changed, 7 additions, 2 deletions - exact match)
  • Files Changed: configure.ac, test/sanitizer_suppressions/ubsan
  • File Operations: All match Bitcoin commit
  • Witness Code: None detected ✅

Changes Verified

  1. configure.ac:

    • ✅ Added SANITIZER_CFLAGS variable assignment
    • ✅ Exported SECP_CFLAGS with SANITIZER_CFLAGS for secp256k1 instrumentation
    • ✅ Added SANITIZER_CFLAGS to CFLAGS echo line (only)
    • ✅ Correctly excluded SANITIZER_CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS from echo lines
  2. test/sanitizer_suppressions/ubsan:

    • ✅ Added suppression for secp256k1_modinv64_posdivsteps_62_var

CI Status

  • Builds: ✅ All passed
  • Lint: ✅ Passed
  • Tests: 2 failures (spurious - see below)

CI Failures Analysis:
Two linux64-test runs failed with exit code 137 (OOM killed by system):

  • Run 1: mempool_compatibility.py - OOM after 1376s
  • Run 2: feature_asmap.py - OOM after 1252s

These failures are spurious infrastructure issues because:

  1. Exit code 137 indicates OOM kill (out of memory)
  2. Different tests failed in each run
  3. PR only changes build configuration files (configure.ac and ubsan suppressions)
  4. No code changes that would affect mempool or asmap functionality
  5. All other tests passed successfully

Conclusion

The validation fixes were correct and the backport is faithful to Bitcoin PR bitcoin#28875. The CI failures are infrastructure-related OOM issues, not caused by the code changes.

Status: ✅ APPROVED

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