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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2020  Patryk Obara <patryk.obara@gmail.com>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#
+# pylint: disable=invalid-name
+# pylint: disable=missing-docstring
+
+"""
+Count known GCC/Clang sanitizer runtime issues and print a summary.
+
+It returns success to the shell if the number or issues encountered
+is less than or equal to the desired maximum issues (default: 0).
+
+You can override the default limit with MAX_ISSUES environment variable or
+using --max-issues option (see the description of argument in --help for
+details).
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+SAN_WARN_PATTERN = re.compile(r'==\d+==WARNING: ([^:]+): (.*)')
+#                                                ~~~~~    ~~
+#                                                ↑        ↑
+#                                        sanitizer        message
+
+SAN_ERR_PATTERN = re.compile(r'==\d+==ERROR: ([^:]+): (.*)')
+#                                             ~~~~~    ~~
+#                                             ↑        ↑
+#                                     sanitizer        message
+
+RT_ERR_PATTERN = re.compile(r'([^:]+):(\d+):\d+: runtime error: .*')
+#                              ~~~~~   ~~~                      ~~
+#                              ↑       ↑                        ↑
+#                              file    line                     message
+
+MEMLEAK_PATTERN_1 = re.compile(r'Direct leak of \d+ byte\(s\) in .*')
+
+MEMLEAK_PATTERN_2 = re.compile(r'Indirect leak of \d+ byte\(s\) in .*')
+
+
+def match_line(line):
+    match = SAN_WARN_PATTERN.match(line)
+    if match:
+        return match.group(2)
+
+    match = SAN_ERR_PATTERN.match(line)
+    if match:
+        return match.group(2)
+
+    match = RT_ERR_PATTERN.match(line)
+    if match:
+        return 'runtime error'
+
+    match = MEMLEAK_PATTERN_1.match(line)
+    if match:
+        return 'direct leak'
+
+    match = MEMLEAK_PATTERN_2.match(line)
+    if match:
+        return 'indirect leak'
+
+    return None
+
+
+def count_issue(line, issue_types):
+    issue = match_line(line)
+    if issue:
+        count = issue_types.get(issue) or 0
+        issue_types[issue] = count + 1
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+def get_input_lines(name):
+    if name == '-':
+        return sys.stdin.readlines()
+    if not os.path.isfile(name):
+        print('{}: no such file.'.format(name))
+        sys.exit(2)
+    with open(name, 'r') as logs:
+        return logs.readlines()
+
+
+def find_longest_name_length(names):
+    return max(len(x) for x in names)
+
+
+def print_summary(issues):
+    size = find_longest_name_length(issues.keys()) + 1
+    items = list(issues.items())
+    for name, count in sorted(items, key=lambda x: (x[1], x[0]), reverse=True):
+        print('  {text:{field_size}s}: {count}'.format(
+            text=name, count=count, field_size=size))
+    print()
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter, description=__doc__)
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'logfile',
+        metavar='LOGFILE',
+        help=("Path to the logfile, or use - to read from stdin"))
+
+    max_issues = int(os.getenv('MAX_ISSUES', '0'))
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-m', '--max-issues',
+        type=int,
+        default=max_issues,
+        help='Override the maximum number of issues.\n'
+             'Use value -1 to disable the check.')
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main():
+    rcode = 0
+    total = 0
+    issue_types = {}
+    args = parse_args()
+    for line in get_input_lines(args.logfile):
+        total += count_issue(line, issue_types)
+    if issue_types:
+        print("Issues grouped by type:\n")
+        print_summary(issue_types)
+    print('Total: {} issues'.format(total), end='')
+    if args.max_issues >= 0:
+        print(' (out of {} allowed)\n'.format(args.max_issues))
+        if total > args.max_issues:
+            print('Error: upper limit of allowed issues is', args.max_issues)
+            rcode = 1
+    else:
+        print('\n')
+    return rcode
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())