source: general/prog/valgrind.xml@ aed3e6ec

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY valgrind-download-http "http://valgrind.org/downloads/valgrind-&valgrind-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-md5sum        "60ddae962bc79e7c95cfc4667245707f">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-size          "10.5 MB">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-buildsize     "401 MB and an additional 20 MB for tests">
  <!ENTITY valgrind-time          "1.1 SBU and an additional 4.7 SBU for tests">
]>

<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>

    &lfs77_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">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Required patch:
          <ulink
            url="&patch-root;/valgrind-&valgrind-version;-glibc_2.21-1.patch"/>
        </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), 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>

<!-- check this is needed for versions greater than 3.10.1 -->
    <para>
      First apply the following patch for allowing the
      <command>configure</command> script to use glibc-2.21:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../valgrind-&valgrind-version;-glibc_2.21-1.patch</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/-mt//g' configure &amp;&amp;
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>

    <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 's/-mt//g' configure</command>: Fixes configure script to
      find newer versions of Boost.
    </para>

    <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,
          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;=x86, 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>