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authorGravatar zoulasc <zoulasc@users.noreply.github.com>2021-09-17 07:53:41 +0300
committerGravatar GitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-09-16 21:53:41 -0700
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Update reproducing.md (#6464)
Some bugs (specially ones related to integer and pointer overflows) are architecture-specific (32/64 bit builds). Add a hint about it.
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@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ The `sanitizer` used in the report is the value in the
* **memory** for MemorySanitizer.
* **undefined** for UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.
-**Note**: The `architecture` argument is only necessary if you want to specify
+**Notes**:
+ * The `architecture` argument is only necessary if you want to specify
`i386` configuration.
+ * Some bugs (specially ones related to pointer and integer overflows) are reproducible only in 32 bit mode or only in 64 bit mode.
+If you can't reproduce a particular bug building for x86_64, try building for i386.
## Reproducing bugs