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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY valgrind-download-http "https://sourceware.org/pub/valgrind/valgrind-&valgrind-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY valgrind-download-ftp "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/valgrind/valgrind-&valgrind-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY valgrind-md5sum "e3ca8e03c6c527e80e7da5135a1b6beb">
10 <!ENTITY valgrind-size "16 MB">
11 <!ENTITY valgrind-buildsize "381 MB (add 66 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY valgrind-time "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 8.1 SBU for tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="valgrind" xreflabel="Valgrind-&valgrind-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="valgrind.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <date>$Date$</date>
20 </sect1info>
21
22 <title>Valgrind-&valgrind-version;</title>
23
24 <indexterm zone="valgrind">
25 <primary sortas="a-Valgrind">Valgrind</primary>
26 </indexterm>
27
28 <sect2 role="package">
29 <title>Introduction to Valgrind</title>
30
31 <para>
32 <application>Valgrind</application> is an instrumentation framework for
33 building dynamic analysis tools. There are Valgrind tools that can
34 automatically detect many memory management and threading bugs, and
35 profile programs in detail. Valgrind can also be used to build new
36 tools.
37 </para>
38
39 &lfs112_checked;
40
41 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
42 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&valgrind-download-http;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&valgrind-download-ftp;"/>
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download MD5 sum: &valgrind-md5sum;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Download size: &valgrind-size;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated disk space required: &valgrind-buildsize;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <para>
70 Estimated build time: &valgrind-time;
71 </para>
72 </listitem>
73 </itemizedlist>
74<!--
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
76 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Required patch:
80 <ulink url="&patch-root;/valgrind-&valgrind-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch"/>
81 </para>
82 </listitem>
83 </itemizedlist>
84-->
85 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Valgrind Dependencies</bridgehead>
86
87 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
88 <para role="optional">
89 <xref linkend="gdb"/> (for tests),
90 <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with Clang), and
91 <xref linkend="which"/> (for tests)
92 </para>
93
94<!-- See "maintainer note", below
95 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for regenerating the documentation</bridgehead>
96 <para role="optional">
97 <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
98 <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
99 </para>
100-->
101 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
102 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/valgrind"/>
103 </para>
104 </sect2>
105
106 <sect2 role="installation">
107 <title>Installation of Valgrind</title>
108<!--
109 <para>
110 First, make several changes that are required for Valgrind to function on
111 systems with glibc-2.35 installed:
112 </para>
113
114<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../valgrind-&valgrind-version;-upstream_fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
115-->
116
117 <para>
118 Install <application>Valgrind</application> by running the following
119 commands:
120 </para>
121
122<screen><userinput>sed -i 's|/doc/valgrind||' docs/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
123
124./configure --prefix=/usr \
125 --datadir=/usr/share/doc/valgrind-&valgrind-version; &amp;&amp;
126make</userinput></screen>
127
128 <para>
129 To test the results, issue: <command>make regtest</command>. The tests
130 may hang forever if <xref linkend="gdb"/> is not installed. Some tests
131 are known to hang also, depending on the version of glibc. A few tests
132 can fail in various suites. Problematic
133 tests can be disabled by changing the <userinput>prereq:</userinput> line
134 in the corresponding <filename>.vgtest</filename> file to
135 <userinput>prereq: false</userinput>. For example:
136 </para>
137
138<screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed -e 's@prereq:.*@prereq: false@' \
139 -i {helgrind,drd}/tests/pth_cond_destroy_busy.vgtest</userinput></screen>
140
141 <!-- 731 tests, 6 stderr failures, 0 stdout failures, 1 stderrB failure,
142 0 stdoutB failures, 1 post failure -bdubbs Apr 13. 22
143 valgrind-3.19.0
144
145 732 tests, 4 stderr failures, 0 stdout failures, 1 stderrB failure,
146 0 stdoutB failures, 1 post failure - bdubbs Oct 26, 22
147 gdbserver_tests/hginfo (stderrB)
148 memcheck/tests/cdebug_zlib_gnu (stderr)
149 memcheck/tests/overlap (stderr)
150 helgrind/tests/tls_threads (stderr)
151 drd/tests/pth_mutex_signal (stderr) -->
152
153 <note>
154 <para>
155 The <application>OpenMP</application> tests are skipped if libgomp
156 has been compiled with <option>--enable-linux-futex</option> (the
157 default). If needed, just recompile the libgomp library from
158 the gcc build tree, passing <option>--disable-linux-futex</option>
159 to configure, storing the library to some place and changing the link
160 from <filename>/usr/lib/libgomp.so.1</filename> to point to the new
161 library.
162 </para>
163 </note>
164
165<!-- Note to maintainer: there is a long thread in ticket #5882 explaining
166 why we do not provide instructions to rebuild the documentation.
167 (still broken with TeXLive 2016) -->
168
169 <para>
170 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
171 </para>
172
173<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
174
175 </sect2>
176
177 <sect2 role="commands">
178 <title>Command Explanations</title>
179
180 <para>
181 <command>sed -i ... docs/Makefile.in </command>: This sed provides for
182 installing the documentation in a versioned directory.
183 </para>
184
185 <para>
186 <option>--enable-lto=yes</option>: This option allows building Valgrind
187 with LTO (link time optimization). This produces a smaller/faster
188 Valgrind (up to 10%), but build time increases to about 5.5 SBU.
189 </para>
190
191 </sect2>
192
193 <sect2 role="content">
194 <title>Contents</title>
195
196 <segmentedlist>
197 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
198 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
199 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
200
201 <seglistitem>
202 <seg>
203 callgrind_annotate,
204 callgrind_control,
205 cg_annotate,
206 cg_diff,
207 cg_merge,
208 ms_print,
209 valgrind,
210 valgrind-di-server,
211 valgrind-listener, and
212 vgdb
213 </seg>
214 <seg>
215 None
216 </seg>
217 <seg>
218 /usr/lib/valgrind,
219 /usr/libexec/valgrind,
220 /usr/include/valgrind, and
221 /usr/share/doc/valgrind-&valgrind-version;
222 </seg>
223 </seglistitem>
224 </segmentedlist>
225
226 <variablelist>
227 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
228 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
229 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
230
231 <varlistentry id="valgrind-prog">
232 <term><command>valgrind</command></term>
233 <listitem>
234 <para>
235 is a program for debugging and profiling Linux executables
236 </para>
237 <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-prog">
238 <primary sortas="b-valgrind">valgrind</primary>
239 </indexterm>
240 </listitem>
241 </varlistentry>
242
243 <varlistentry id="callgrind_annotate">
244 <term><command>callgrind_annotate</command></term>
245 <listitem>
246 <para>
247 takes an output file produced by the
248 <application>Valgrind</application> tool Callgrind and prints the
249 information in an easy-to-read form
250 </para>
251 <indexterm zone="valgrind callgrind_annotate">
252 <primary sortas="b-callgrind_annotate">callgrind_annotate</primary>
253 </indexterm>
254 </listitem>
255 </varlistentry>
256
257 <varlistentry id="callgrind_control">
258 <term><command>callgrind_control</command></term>
259 <listitem>
260 <para>
261 controls programs being run by the <application>Valgrind</application>
262 tool Callgrind
263 </para>
264 <indexterm zone="valgrind callgrind_control">
265 <primary sortas="b-callgrind_control">callgrind_control</primary>
266 </indexterm>
267 </listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry id="cg_annotate">
271 <term><command>cg_annotate</command></term>
272 <listitem>
273 <para>
274 is a post-processing tool for the <application>Valgrind</application>
275 tool Cachegrind
276 </para>
277 <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_annotate">
278 <primary sortas="b-cg_annotate">cg_annotate</primary>
279 </indexterm>
280 </listitem>
281 </varlistentry>
282
283 <varlistentry id="cg_diff">
284 <term><command>cg_diff</command></term>
285 <listitem>
286 <para>
287 compares two Cachegrind output files
288 </para>
289 <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_diff">
290 <primary sortas="b-cg_diff">cg_diff</primary>
291 </indexterm>
292 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry>
294
295 <varlistentry id="cg_merge">
296 <term><command>cg_merge</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>
299 merges multiple Cachegrind output files into one
300 </para>
301 <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_merge">
302 <primary sortas="b-cg_merge">cg_merge</primary>
303 </indexterm>
304 </listitem>
305 </varlistentry>
306
307 <varlistentry id="ms_print">
308 <term><command>ms_print</command></term>
309 <listitem>
310 <para>
311 takes an output file produced by the <application>Valgrind</application>
312 tool Massif and prints the information in an easy-to-read form
313 </para>
314 <indexterm zone="valgrind ms_print">
315 <primary sortas="b-ms_print">ms_print</primary>
316 </indexterm>
317 </listitem>
318 </varlistentry>
319
320 <varlistentry id="valgrind-di-server">
321 <term><command>valgrind-di-server</command></term>
322 <listitem>
323 <para>
324 is a server that reads debuginfo from objects stored on a
325 different machine
326 </para>
327 <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-di-server">
328 <primary sortas="b-valgrind-di-server">valgrind-di-server</primary>
329 </indexterm>
330 </listitem>
331 </varlistentry>
332
333 <varlistentry id="valgrind-listener">
334 <term><command>valgrind-listener</command></term>
335 <listitem>
336 <para>
337 listens on a socket for Valgrind commentary
338 </para>
339 <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-listener">
340 <primary sortas="b-valgrind-listener">valgrind-listener</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="vgdb">
346 <term><command>vgdb</command></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>
349 is an intermediary between Valgrind and GDB or a shell
350 </para>
351 <indexterm zone="valgrind vgdb">
352 <primary sortas="b-vgdb">vgdb</primary>
353 </indexterm>
354 </listitem>
355 </varlistentry>
356
357 </variablelist>
358
359 </sect2>
360
361</sect1>
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