source: general/prog/valgrind.xml@ 7fd2c27

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  <!ENTITY valgrind-download-http "http://valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-&valgrind-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-md5sum        "6eb03c0c10ea917013a7622e483d61bb">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-size          "12 MB">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-buildsize     "344 MB (additional 228 MB for tests)">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-time          "1.2 SBU (additional 5.1 SBU for tests)">
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<sect1 id="valgrind" xreflabel="Valgrind-&valgrind-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="valgrind.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Valgrind-&valgrind-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="valgrind">
    <primary sortas="a-Valgrind">Valgrind</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Valgrind</title>

    <para>
      <application>Valgrind</application> is an instrumentation framework for
      building dynamic analysis tools. There are Valgrind tools that can
      automatically detect many memory management and threading bugs, and
      profile programs in detail. Valgrind can also be used to build new
      tools.
    </para>

    &lfs80_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&valgrind-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&valgrind-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &valgrind-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &valgrind-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &valgrind-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &valgrind-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Valgrind Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="boost"/>,
      <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with Clang),
      <xref linkend="gdb"/> (for tests), 
      <xref linkend="which"/> (for tests), 
      <xref linkend="bind"/> or <xref linkend="bind-utils"/> (for tests), 
      and
      <ulink url="http://www.openmp.org">OpenMP</ulink>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for regenerating the documentation</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
      <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/valgrind"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Valgrind</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Valgrind</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's|/doc/valgrind||' docs/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --datadir=/usr/share/doc/valgrind-&valgrind-version; &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <note>
     <para>
       To run the tests for this package, valgrind requires a version of the
       /lib/ld-2.24.so (or later) library with debugging symbols present.
       Normally in LFS these debugging symbols are stripped at the end of
       Chapter 6. To get this library, glibc must be rebuilt with the current
       glibc version using the same compiler that was used to build LFS. The
       ld.so can then be renamed to ld-2.24.so.dbg and copied to /lib.
       Then a symlink needs to be changed:</para>

<screen role="nodump"><userinput>ln -sfv ld-2.24.so.dbg /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2</userinput></screen>
    
     <para>
       Adjust the above instruction as needed for a 32-bit system or for a
       different version of glibc.
     </para>

     <para>
       In addition, other glibc libraries with debugging symbols present
       may be needed for some tests.
     </para>
    </note>


    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make regtest</command>. The tests
      may hang forever if <xref linkend="gdb"/> is not installed.
    </para>
<!--  Note to maintainer: Recheck when next texlive (2015) is released.
    <para>
      If you wish to regenerate the documentation, run:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make -C docs download-docs</userinput></screen>
-->
    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed -i ... docs/Makefile.in </command>: This sed provides for
      installing the documentation in a versioned directory.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          callgrind_annotate,
          callgrind_control,
          cg_annotate,
          cg_diff,
          cg_merge,
          ms_print,
          valgrind,
          valgrind-di-server,
          valgrind-listener, and
          vgdb
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libcoregrind-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.a,
          libreplacemalloc_toolpreload-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.a,
          libvex-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.a,
          libvexmultiarch-amd64-linux.a,
          vgpreload_core-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so,
          vgpreload_drd-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so,
          vgpreload_exp-dhat-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so,
          vgpreload_exp-sgcheck-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so,
          vgpreload_helgrind-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so,
          vgpreload_massif-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so, and
          vgpreload_memcheck-&lt;Arch&gt;-linux.so, where
          &lt;Arch&gt; is x86 or amd64
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/lib/valgrind,
          /usr/include/valgrind, and
          /usr/share/doc/valgrind-&valgrind-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="valgrind-prog">
        <term><command>valgrind</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a program for debugging and profiling Linux executables.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-valgrind">valgrind</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="callgrind_annotate">
        <term><command>callgrind_annotate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            takes an output file produced by the
            <application>Valgrind</application> tool Callgrind and prints the
            information in an easy-to-read form.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="callgrind_annotate">
            <primary sortas="b-callgrind_annotate">callgrind_annotate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="callgrind_control">
        <term><command>callgrind_control</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            controls programs being run by the <application>Valgrind</application>
            tool Callgrind.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind callgrind_control">
            <primary sortas="b-callgrind_control">callgrind_control</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cg_annotate">
        <term><command>cg_annotate</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a post-processing tool for the <application>Valgrind</application>
            tool Cachegrind.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_annotate">
            <primary sortas="b-cg_annotate">cg_annotate</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cg_diff">
        <term><command>cg_diff</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            compares two Cachegrind output files.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_diff">
            <primary sortas="b-cg_diff">cg_diff</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="cg_merge">
        <term><command>cg_merge</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            merges multiple Cachegrind output files into one.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_merge">
            <primary sortas="b-cg_merge">cg_merge</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ms_print">
        <term><command>ms_print</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            takes an output file produced by the <application>Valgrind</application>
            tool Massif and prints the information in an easy-to-read form.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind ms_print">
            <primary sortas="b-ms_print">ms_print</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="valgrind-di-server">
        <term><command>valgrind-di-server</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a server that reads debuginfo from objects stored on a
            different machine.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-di-server">
            <primary sortas="b-valgrind-di-server">valgrind-di-server</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="valgrind-listener">
        <term><command>valgrind-listener</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            listens on a socket for Valgrind commentary.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-listener">
            <primary sortas="b-valgrind-listener">valgrind-listener</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="vgdb">
        <term><command>vgdb</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is an intermediary between Valgrind and GDB or a shell.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="valgrind vgdb">
            <primary sortas="b-vgdb">vgdb</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>