boost::iostreams::stream<boost::iostreams::array> fails for size > 2GB when calling tellp

Test program:

#include <boost/iostreams/device/array.hpp>
#include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp>
#include <vector>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  // some numbers such that total buffer is larger than 2GB
  const std::streamoff s1(2000);
  const std::streamoff s2(314748);
  std::vector<float> buffer(s1*s2);
  const auto buf_size = static_cast<std::streamsize>(buffer.size())* sizeof(float);
  typedef boost::iostreams::stream<boost::iostreams::array> array_stream;
  array_stream s(reinterpret_cast<char *>(buffer.data()), buf_size);

  // write some data from a smaller buffer
  std::vector<float> buffer2(s2, 1.F);
  for (std::streamoff i=0; i<s1; ++i)
    {
      std::cout << "before (" << i << ") " << s.tellp() << std::endl;
      s.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buffer2.data()), s2*sizeof(float));
    }
  if (std::abs(buffer[s1*s2-1] -1.F) > .001F)
    {
      std::cerr << "wrong output\n";
      return 1;
    }
  return 0;
}

fails. g++-8 and boost 1.65.1 gives

...
before (1704) 2145322368
before (1705) 2146581360
before (1706) -1
before (1707) -1
...
wrong output

g++-12 and boost 1.74.0. gives

...
before (1704) 2145322368
before (1705) 2146581360
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::wrapexcept<std::ios_base::failure[abi:cxx11]>'
  what():  bad seek: iostream error
Aborted (core dumped)

It works fine when not calling tellg(). This is similar to boostorg/interprocess#190, although here we don't have a segfault.

I'm not seeing a call to tellg in your example.

sorry! I meant tellp. I haven't tried with tellg yet.

std::ios_base::failure is what gets thrown when a seek fails.

This suggests that somewhere (maybe in boost, maybe in the underlying standard library) there is a problem with seeking past 0x7FFFFFFFF.

It is in boost. I've tried it with std::stringstream and std::fstream

I have reproduced it; and it is throwing from:

  * frame #0: 0x000000010000343c a.out`boost::iostreams::detail::direct_streambuf<boost::iostreams::basic_array<char>, std::__1::char_traits<char> >::seek_impl(this=0x00007ff7bfeff418, off=0, way=cur, which=16) at direct_streambuf.hpp:238:36

iostreams/include/boost/iostreams/detail/streambuf/direct_streambuf.hpp

Line 238 in 055c1cc

boost::throw_exception(bad_seek());