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Building and installing it<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
To build/install from the GIT repository or from a distribution<br>
tarball, refer to the section with the same name in README.<br>
<br>
Building Valgrind requires autoconf, GNU make and a suitable C<br>
compiler.<br>
<br>
<br>
Building and not installing it<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
To run Valgrind without having to install it, run coregrind/valgrind<br>
with the VALGRIND_LIB environment variable set, where <dir> is the root<br>
of the source tree (and must be an absolute path). Eg:<br>
<br>
VALGRIND_LIB=~/grind/head4/.in_place ~/grind/head4/coregrind/valgrind <br>
<br>
This allows you to compile and run with "make" instead of "make install",<br>
saving you time.<br>
<br>
Or, you can use the 'vg-in-place' script which does that for you.<br>
<br>
I recommend compiling with "make --quiet" to further reduce the amount of<br>
output spewed out during compilation, letting you actually see any errors,<br>
warnings, etc.<br>
<br>
<br>
Building a distribution tarball<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
To build a distribution tarball from the valgrind sources:<br>
<br>
make dist<br>
<br>
In addition to compiling, linking and packaging everything up, the command<br>
will also attempt to build the documentation.<br>
<br>
If you only want to test whether the generated tarball is complete and runs<br>
regression tests successfully, building documentation is not needed.<br>
<br>
make dist BUILD_ALL_DOCS=no<br>
<br>
If you insist on building documentation some embarrassing instructions<br>
can be found in docs/README.<br>
<br>
<br>
Running the regression tests<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
<br>
Running the regression tests requires GNU sed, python 3.9 or later, gdb,<br>
and a suitable C++ compiler<br>
<br>
To build and run all the regression tests, run "make [--quiet] regtest".<br>
<br>
To run a subset of the regression tests, execute:<br>
<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest <name><br>
<br>
where <name> is a directory (all tests within will be run) or a single<br>
.vgtest test file, or the name of a program which has a like-named .vgtest<br>
file. Eg:<br>
<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest memcheck<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest memcheck/tests/badfree.vgtest<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest memcheck/tests/badfree<br>
<br>
The details of each vgtest run are logged to individual "vgtest.log"<br>
files. These are listed, and non-passing tests detailed, in the<br>
test-suite-overall.log file. (Token *.trs and test-suite.log files<br>
are also created, for emulating automake-style testsuites, as expected<br>
by tools such as bunsen.)<br>
<br>
<br>
Running the performance tests<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
To build and run all the performance tests, run "make [--quiet] perf".<br>
<br>
To run a subset of the performance suite, execute:<br>
<br>
perl perf/vg_perf <name><br>
<br>
where <name> is a directory (all tests within will be run) or a single<br>
.vgperf test file, or the name of a program which has a like-named .vgperf<br>
file. Eg:<br>
<br>
perl perf/vg_perf perf/<br>
perl perf/vg_perf perf/bz2.vgperf<br>
perl perf/vg_perf perf/bz2<br>
<br>
To compare multiple versions of Valgrind, use the --vg= option multiple<br>
times. For example, if you have two Valgrinds next to each other, one in<br>
trunk1/ and one in trunk2/, from within either trunk1/ or trunk2/ do this to<br>
compare them on all the performance tests:<br>
<br>
perl perf/vg_perf --vg=../trunk1 --vg=../trunk2 perf/<br>
<br>
Writing regression tests<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
<br>
Each tool has a tests directory containing regression tests. There is also<br>
the gdbserver_tests directory at the top level. Test directories may have<br>
architecture, OS and and architecture-OS sub-directories for tests that are<br>
specific to one architecture, OS or both.<br>
<br>
Once you have written a C or C++ executable that performs the required<br>
tests you will have to modify and create several files. The new files that<br>
will need adding are<br>
(a) a .vgtest file, which controls the test<br>
(b) a .stderr.exp file, which is the golden reference for any Valgrind output<br>
Note that even if Valgrind doesn't produce any output you will need to<br>
create an empty .stderr.exp file.<br>
(c) [optional] a .stdout.exp file, the golden reference for any output from the<br>
test executable<br>
(d) [optional] filter files (see the test directories for examples).<br>
<br>
Quite often the output will depend on the platform the test is run on.<br>
Getting the tests to be 'portable' can require filtering or adding multiple<br>
.stderr.exp reference files.<br>
<br>
If the test only runs under certain conditions like the availability of functions<br>
in libc or C++ standard versions you will need to modify configure.ac in the<br>
top level directory. See AC_CHECK_FUNCS and the various blocks starting with<br>
AC_MSG_CHECKING.<br>
<br>
In the test directory, modify Makefile.am. Add to EXTRA_DIST the .vgtest,<br>
.stderr.exp and .stderr.out files. Add any filters to dist_noinst_SCRIPTS.<br>
Add the test executable name to check_PROGRAMS. Try to respect the<br>
formatting and alphabetical ordering of the Makefile.am. For simple C files that is<br>
sufficient. If you needed to add a feature test to configure.ac then you should<br>
use the same condition to add the executable name to check_PROGRAMS. If the<br>
executable uses C++ you need to add exename_SOURCES. If the executable needs<br>
special compilation or link options, use exename_CFLAGS, exename_CXXFLAGS,<br>
exename_LDFLAGS or exename_LDADD. Finally in Makefile.am it's nice not to<br>
have any warnings, even if they were done on purpose. See configure.ac<br>
and various Makefile.am files for examples of using FLAG_W_*.<br>
<br>
The vgtest file contains the instructions for running the test. Typically<br>
it will contain (with examples in quotes)<br>
(a) the name of the test executable: "prog: exename"<br>
(b) arguments for the test executable: "args: hello world"<br>
(c) arguments for the Valgrind tool: "vgopts: -q"<br>
(d) [optional] a check for prerequisites: "prereq: ! ../../tests/os_test darwin"<br>
(e) [optional] a filter: "stderr_filter: filter_fdleak"<br>
<br>
See tests/vg_regtest for a full description of all possible vgtest directives.<br>
<br>
The easiest way to generate the expected files is to run the test. Create empty<br>
files with touch (otherwise the test won't run) then run the test from the<br>
top directory using perl and vg_regtest script (as in the "Running the<br>
regression tests" section. Then copy "tool/tests/newtest.stderr.out" to<br>
"tool/tests/newtest.stderr.exp". It is better to generate the .stdout.exp<br>
file directly from the testcase. You can do that by redirecting stdout to<br>
the expected file, for instance (in the test directory)<br>
./newtest arg1 arg2 > newtest.stdout.exp<br>
This is not always possible - sometimes there are tests that depend on the use<br>
of client requests or have imperfect emulation of opcodes.<br>
Make sure that the test runs and passes.<br>
<br>
The last file to change is .gitignore in the top directory. Add a new entry,<br>
for example "/tool/tests/newtest".<br>
<br>
Check for mistakes in Makefile.am. In the top directory run<br>
make post-regtest-checks<br>
<br>
You should only see<br>
...checking makefile consistency<br>
...checking header files and include directives<br>
and no messages related to EXTRA_DIST.<br>
<br>
Commit access and try branches<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
To get commit access to the valgrind git repository on sourceware<br>
you will have to ask an existing developer and fill in the following<br>
form: https://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi<br>
<br>
Every developer with commit access can use try branches. If you want to try a<br>
branch before pushing you can push to a special named try branch as follows: <br>
<br>
git push origin $BRANCH:users/$USERNAME/try-$BRANCH<br>
<br>
Where $BRANCH is the branch name and $USERNAME is your user name.<br>
<br>
You can see the status of the builders here:<br>
https://builder.sourceware.org/buildbot/#/builders?tags=valgrind-try<br>
<br>
The buildbot will also sent the patch author multiple success/failure emails.<br>
<br>
Afterwards you can delete the branch again:<br>
<br>
git push origin :users/$USERNAME/try-$BRANCH<br>
<br>
<br>
Debugging Valgrind with GDB<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
To debug the valgrind launcher program (<prefix>/bin/valgrind) just<br>
run it under gdb in the normal way.<br>
<br>
Debugging the main body of the valgrind code (and/or the code for<br>
a particular tool) requires a bit more trickery but can be achieved<br>
without too much problem by following these steps:<br>
<br>
(1) Set VALGRIND_LAUNCHER to point to the valgrind executable. Eg:<br>
<br>
export VALGRIND_LAUNCHER=/usr/local/bin/valgrind<br>
<br>
or for an uninstalled version in a source directory $DIR:<br>
<br>
export VALGRIND_LAUNCHER=$DIR/coregrind/valgrind<br>
export VALGRIND_LIB=$DIR/.in_place<br>
<br>
VALGRIND_LIB is where the default.supp and vgpreload_ libraries<br>
are found (which is under /usr/libexec/valgrind for an installed<br>
version).<br>
<br>
(2) Run gdb on the tool executable. Eg:<br>
<br>
gdb /usr/local/lib/valgrind/lackey-ppc32-linux<br>
<br>
or<br>
<br>
gdb $DIR/.in_place/memcheck-x86-linux<br>
<br>
(3) Do "handle SIGSEGV SIGILL nostop noprint" in GDB to prevent GDB from<br>
stopping on a SIGSEGV or SIGILL:<br>
<br>
(gdb) handle SIGILL SIGSEGV nostop noprint<br>
<br>
If you are using lldb, then the equivalent command is<br>
<br>
(lldb) pro hand -p true -s false -n false SIGILL SIGSEGV<br>
<br>
(4) Set any breakpoints you want and proceed as normal for gdb. The<br>
macro VG_(FUNC) is expanded to vgPlain_FUNC, so If you want to set<br>
a breakpoint VG_(do_exec_inner), you could do like this in GDB:<br>
<br>
(gdb) b vgPlain_do_exec_inner<br>
<br>
Note: This is just an example, for various reasons internal<br>
function names might be renamed or optimized out<br>
(for example when building with --enable-lto).<br>
<br>
(5) Run the tool with required options (the --tool option is required<br>
for correct setup), e.g.<br>
<br>
(gdb) run --tool=lackey pwd<br>
<br>
Steps (1)--(3) can be put in a .gdbinit file, but any directory names must<br>
be fully expanded (ie. not an environment variable).<br>
<br>
A different and possibly easier way is as follows:<br>
<br>
(1) Run Valgrind as normal, but add the flag --wait-for-gdb=yes. This<br>
puts the tool executable into a wait loop soon after it gains<br>
control. This delays startup for a few seconds.<br>
<br>
(2) In a different shell, do "gdb /proc/<pid>/exe <pid>", where<br>
<pid> you read from the output printed by (1). This attaches<br>
GDB to the tool executable, which should be in the above mentioned<br>
wait loop.<br>
<br>
(3) Do "cont" to continue. After the loop finishes spinning, startup<br>
will continue as normal. Note that comment (3) above re passing<br>
signals applies here too.<br>
<br>
The default build of Valgrind uses "-g -O2". This is OK most of the<br>
time, but with sophisticated optimization it can be difficult to<br>
see the contents of variables. A quick way to get to see function<br>
variables is to temporarily add "__attribute__((optnone))" before<br>
the function definition and rebuild. Alternatively modify<br>
Makefile.all.am and remove -O2 from AM_CFLAGS_BASE. That will<br>
require you to reconfigure and rebuild Valgrind.<br>
<br>
Self-hosting<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
This section explains:<br>
(A) How to configure Valgrind to run under Valgrind.<br>
Such a setup is called self hosting, or outer/inner setup.<br>
(B) How to run Valgrind regression tests in a 'self-hosting' mode,<br>
e.g. to verify Valgrind has no bugs such as memory leaks.<br>
(C) How to run Valgrind performance tests in a 'self-hosting' mode,<br>
to analyse and optimise the performance of Valgrind and its tools.<br>
<br>
(A) How to configure Valgrind to run under Valgrind:<br>
<br>
(1) Check out 2 trees, "Inner" and "Outer". Inner runs the app<br>
directly. Outer runs Inner.<br>
<br>
(2) Configure Inner with --enable-inner and build as usual.<br>
<br>
(3) Configure Outer normally and build+install as usual.<br>
Note: You must use a "make install"-ed valgrind.<br>
Do *not* use vg-in-place for the Outer valgrind.<br>
<br>
(4) Choose a very simple program (date) and try<br>
<br>
outer/.../bin/valgrind --sim-hints=enable-outer --trace-children=yes \<br>
--smc-check=all-non-file \<br>
--run-libc-freeres=no --tool=cachegrind -v \<br>
inner/.../vg-in-place --vgdb-prefix=./inner --tool=none -v prog<br>
<br>
If you omit the --trace-children=yes, you'll only monitor Inner's launcher<br>
program, not its stage2. Outer needs --run-libc-freeres=no, as otherwise<br>
it will try to find and run __libc_freeres in the inner, while libc is not<br>
used by the inner. Inner needs --vgdb-prefix=./inner to avoid inner<br>
gdbserver colliding with outer gdbserver.<br>
Currently, inner does *not* use the client request <br>
VALGRIND_DISCARD_TRANSLATIONS for the JITted code or the code patched for<br>
translation chaining. So the outer needs --smc-check=all-non-file to<br>
detect the modified code.<br>
<br>
Debugging the whole thing might imply to use up to 3 GDB:<br>
* a GDB attached to the Outer valgrind, allowing<br>
to examine the state of Outer.<br>
* a GDB using Outer gdbserver, allowing to<br>
examine the state of Inner.<br>
* a GDB using Inner gdbserver, allowing to<br>
examine the state of prog.<br>
<br>
The whole thing is fragile, confusing and slow, but it does work well enough<br>
for you to get some useful performance data. Inner has most of<br>
its output (ie. those lines beginning with "==<pid>==") prefixed with a '>',<br>
which helps a lot. However, when running regression tests in an Outer/Inner<br>
setup, this prefix causes the reg test diff to fail. Give <br>
--sim-hints=no-inner-prefix to the Inner to disable the production<br>
of the prefix in the stdout/stderr output of Inner.<br>
<br>
The allocators in coregrind/m_mallocfree.c and VEX/priv/main_util.h are<br>
annotated with client requests so Memcheck can be used to find leaks<br>
and use after free in an Inner Valgrind.<br>
<br>
The Valgrind "big lock" is annotated with helgrind client requests<br>
so Helgrind and DRD can be used to find race conditions in an Inner<br>
Valgrind.<br>
<br>
All this has not been tested much, so don't be surprised if you hit problems.<br>
<br>
When using self-hosting with an outer Callgrind tool, use '--pop-on-jump'<br>
(on the outer). Otherwise, Callgrind has much higher memory requirements. <br>
<br>
(B) Regression tests in an outer/inner setup:<br>
<br>
To run all the regression tests with an outer memcheck, do :<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind \<br>
--all<br>
<br>
To run a specific regression tests with an outer memcheck, do:<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind \<br>
none/tests/args.vgtest<br>
<br>
To run regression tests with another outer tool:<br>
perl tests/vg_regtest --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind \<br>
--outer-tool=helgrind --all<br>
<br>
--outer-args allows to give specific arguments to the outer tool,<br>
replacing the default one provided by vg_regtest.<br>
<br>
Note: --outer-valgrind must be a "make install"-ed valgrind.<br>
Do *not* use vg-in-place.<br>
<br>
When an outer valgrind runs an inner valgrind, a regression test<br>
produces one additional file <testname>.outer.log which contains the<br>
errors detected by the outer valgrind. E.g. for an outer memcheck, it<br>
contains the leaks found in the inner, for an outer helgrind or drd,<br>
it contains the detected race conditions.<br>
<br>
The file tests/outer_inner.supp contains suppressions for <br>
the irrelevant or benign errors found in the inner.<br>
<br>
A regression test running in the inner (e.g. memcheck/tests/badrw) will<br>
cause the inner to report an error, which is expected and checked<br>
as usual when running the regtests in an outer/inner setup.<br>
However, the outer will often also observe an error, e.g. a jump<br>
using uninitialised data, or a read/write outside the bounds of a heap<br>
block. When the outer reports such an error, it will output the<br>
inner host stacktrace. To this stacktrace, it will append the<br>
stacktrace of the inner guest program. For example, this is an error<br>
reported by the outer when the inner runs the badrw regtest:<br>
==8119== Invalid read of size 2<br>
==8119== at 0x7F2EFD7AF: ???<br>
==8119== by 0x7F2C82EAF: ???<br>
==8119== by 0x7F180867F: ???<br>
==8119== by 0x40051D: main (badrw.c:5)<br>
==8119== by 0x7F180867F: ???<br>
==8119== by 0x1BFF: ???<br>
==8119== by 0x3803B7F0: _______VVVVVVVV_appended_inner_guest_stack_VVVVVVVV_______ (m_execontext.c:332)<br>
==8119== by 0x40055C: main (badrw.c:22)<br>
==8119== Address 0x55cd03c is 4 bytes before a block of size 16 alloc'd<br>
==8119== at 0x2804E26D: vgPlain_arena_malloc (m_mallocfree.c:1914)<br>
==8119== by 0x2800BAB4: vgMemCheck_new_block (mc_malloc_wrappers.c:368)<br>
==8119== by 0x2800BC87: vgMemCheck_malloc (mc_malloc_wrappers.c:403)<br>
==8119== by 0x28097EAE: do_client_request (scheduler.c:1861)<br>
==8119== by 0x28097EAE: vgPlain_scheduler (scheduler.c:1425)<br>
==8119== by 0x280A7237: thread_wrapper (syswrap-linux.c:103)<br>
==8119== by 0x280A7237: run_a_thread_NORETURN (syswrap-linux.c:156)<br>
==8119== by 0x3803B7F0: _______VVVVVVVV_appended_inner_guest_stack_VVVVVVVV_______ (m_execontext.c:332)<br>
==8119== by 0x4C294C4: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:298)<br>
==8119== by 0x40051D: main (badrw.c:5)<br>
In the above, the first stacktrace starts with the inner host stacktrace,<br>
which in this case is some JITted code. Such code sometimes contains IPs<br>
that points in the inner guest code (0x40051D: main (badrw.c:5)).<br>
After the separator, we have the inner guest stacktrace.<br>
The second stacktrace gives the stacktrace where the heap block that was<br>
overrun was allocated. We see it was allocated by the inner valgrind<br>
in the client arena (first part of the stacktrace). The second part is<br>
the guest stacktrace that did the allocation.<br>
<br>
<br>
(C) Performance tests in an outer/inner setup:<br>
<br>
To run all the performance tests with an outer cachegrind, do :<br>
perl perf/vg_perf --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind perf<br>
<br>
To run a specific perf test (e.g. bz2) in this setup, do :<br>
perl perf/vg_perf --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind perf/bz2<br>
<br>
To run all the performance tests with an outer callgrind, do :<br>
perl perf/vg_perf --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind \<br>
--outer-tool=callgrind perf<br>
<br>
Note: --outer-valgrind must be a "make install"-ed valgrind.<br>
Do *not* use vg-in-place.<br>
<br>
To compare the performance of multiple Valgrind versions, do :<br>
perl perf/vg_perf --outer-valgrind=../outer/.../bin/valgrind \<br>
--outer-tool=callgrind \<br>
--vg=../inner_xxxx --vg=../inner_yyyy perf<br>
(where inner_xxxx and inner_yyyy are the toplevel directories of<br>
the versions to compare).<br>
Cachegrind and cg_diff are particularly handy to obtain a delta<br>
between the two versions.<br>
<br>
When the outer tool is callgrind or cachegrind, the following<br>
output files will be created for each test:<br>
<outertoolname>.out.<inner_valgrind_dir>.<tt>.<perftestname>.<pid><br>
<outertoolname>.outer.log.<inner_valgrind_dir>.<tt>.<perftestname>.<pid><br>
(where tt is the two letters abbreviation for the inner tool(s) run).<br>
<br>
For example, the command<br>
perl perf/vg_perf \<br>
--outer-valgrind=../outer_trunk/install/bin/valgrind \<br>
--outer-tool=callgrind \<br>
--vg=../inner_tchain --vg=../inner_trunk perf/many-loss-records<br>
<br>
produces the files<br>
callgrind.out.inner_tchain.no.many-loss-records.18465<br>
callgrind.outer.log.inner_tchain.no.many-loss-records.18465<br>
callgrind.out.inner_tchain.me.many-loss-records.21899<br>
callgrind.outer.log.inner_tchain.me.many-loss-records.21899<br>
callgrind.out.inner_trunk.no.many-loss-records.21224<br>
callgrind.outer.log.inner_trunk.no.many-loss-records.21224<br>
callgrind.out.inner_trunk.me.many-loss-records.22916<br>
callgrind.outer.log.inner_trunk.me.many-loss-records.22916<br>
<br>
<br>
Printing out problematic blocks<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
If you want to print out a disassembly of a particular block that<br>
causes a crash, do the following.<br>
<br>
Try running with "--vex-guest-chase=no --trace-flags=10000000<br>
--trace-notbelow=999999". This should print one line for each block<br>
translated, and that includes the address.<br>
<br>
Then re-run with 999999 changed to the highest bb number shown.<br>
This will print the one line per block, and also will print a<br>
disassembly of the block in which the fault occurred.<br>
<br>
<br>
Formatting the code with clang-format<br>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
clang-format is a tool to format C/C++/... code. The root directory of the<br>
Valgrind tree contains file .clang-format which is a configuration for this tool<br>
and specifies a style for Valgrind. This gives you an option to use<br>
clang-format to easily format Valgrind code which you are modifying.<br>
<br>
The Valgrind codebase is not globally formatted with clang-format. It means<br>
that you should not use the tool to format a complete file after making changes<br>
in it because that would lead to creating unrelated modifications.<br>
<br>
The right approach is to format only updated or new code. By using an<br>
integration with a text editor, it is possible to reformat arbitrary blocks<br>
of code with a single keystroke. Refer to the upstream documentation which<br>
describes integration with various editors and IDEs:<br>
https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html.<br>
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