66 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Julian Seward
f7f560b8e1 Add patch from Sami Liedes <sliedes@cc.hut.fi> making GDB use more flexible:
--gdb-path=/path/to/gdb   allows running some alternate GDB
--input-fd=<n>            allows reading input from some fd other than stdin
I even updated the docs :-)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1754
2003-07-13 10:54:33 +00:00
Dirk Mueller
faf02201e5 spelling fixes
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1715
2003-07-04 16:18:15 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
5d5fbb5309 Fixed up docs a bit: did the core/skin split properly for suppressions.
Client requests still need to be fixed, though.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1647
2003-05-20 18:24:54 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
a2c7da2ae8 wibble
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1646
2003-05-20 17:42:26 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
c4e8c61d5a Minor docs fixups.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1644
2003-05-20 17:32:21 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
40571c6f66 Added VALGRIND_MALLOCLIKE_BLOCK and VALGRIND_FREELIKE_BLOCK which allow you to
use a custom-allocator and detect almost as many errors as you could detect if
you used malloc/new/new[].  (eg. leaks detected, free errors, free mismatch,
etc).

Had to fiddle with mac_malloc_wrappers.c a bit to factor out the appropriate
code to be called from the client request handling code.  Also had to add a
new element `MAC_AllocCustom' to the MAC_AllocKind type.

Also added a little documentation, and a regression test.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1643
2003-05-20 16:38:24 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
8c22ec62d9 Made memcpy()-et-al-overlap errors fully fledged errors, suppressible,
recordable, etc.  Thanks to Tom Hughes <thh@cyberscience.com> for the patch.

Also fixed a minor bug in the reporting -- the src/dst pointers given for
strncat(), strcpy(), strcat().

And I updated the relevent regression test.

And I even added relevant documentation.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1582
2003-05-02 17:24:29 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
1b48c55fc5 Added two client requests: VALGRIND_COUNT_ERRORS and VALGRIND_COUNT_LEAKS.
The first returns the number of errors found so far, and is a core request.
The second returns the number of bytes found
reachable/dubious/leaked/suppressed by all leak checks so far, for Memcheck and
Addrcheck.

Both are useful for using Valgrind in regression test suites where multiple
tests are present in a single file -- one can run Valgrind with no output
(using --logfile-fd=-1) and use the requests after each test to determine if
any errors happened.

Had to rename and make public vg_n_errs_found --> VG_(n_errs_found) to do so.
Nb: leak errors are not counted as errors for the purposes of
VALGRIND_COUNT_ERRORS.  This was decided as the best thing to do after
discussion with Olly Betts, who original suggested these changes.

Pulled out common client request code shared between Memcheck and Addrcheck.

Added a regression test for this.

Added some documentation too.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1533
2003-04-21 13:24:40 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
ac7027c441 Updated copyright notices for 2003. Only 4 months late.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1526
2003-04-15 14:58:06 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
3cc0c8f8fa Minor HTML fixes in docs, thanks to Arnaud Desitter.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1522
2003-04-08 11:08:45 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
594c7fc446 This commit moves some skin-specific stuff out of core, and generally
neatens other things up.

Also, it adds the --gen-suppressions option for automatically generating
suppressions for each error.

Note that it changes the core/skin interface:
SK_(dup_extra_and_update)() is replaced by SK_(update_extra)(), and
SK_(get_error_name)() and SK_(print_extra_suppression_info)() are added.


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Removed ac_common.c -- it just #included another .c file;  moved the
#include into ac_main.c.

Introduced "mac_" prefixes for files shared between Addrcheck and Memcheck,
to make it clearer which code is shared.  Also using a "MAC_" prefix for
functions and variables and types that are shared.  Addrcheck doesn't see
the "MC_" prefix at all.

Factored out almost-identical mc_describe_addr() and describe_addr()
(AddrCheck's version) into MAC_(describe_addr)().

Got rid of the "pp_ExeContext" closure passed to SK_(pp_SkinError)(), it
wasn't really necessary.

Introduced MAC_(pp_shared_SkinError)() for the error printing code shared by
Addrcheck and Memcheck.  Fixed some bogus stuff in Addrcheck error messages
about "uninitialised bytes" (there because of an imperfect conversion from
Memcheck).

Moved the leak checker out of core (vg_memory.c), into mac_leakcheck.c.
 - This meant the hacky way of recording Leak errors, which was different to
   normal errors, could be changed to something better:  introduced a
   function VG_(unique_error)(), which unlike VG_(maybe_record_error)() just
   prints the error (unless suppressed) but doesn't record it.  Used for
   leaks;  a much better solution all round as it allowed me to remove a lot
   of almost-identical code from leak handling (is_suppressible_leak(),
   leaksupp_matches_callers()).

 - As part of this, changed the horrible SK_(dup_extra_and_update) into the
   slightly less horrible SK_(update_extra), which returns the size of the
   `extra' part for the core to duplicate.

 - Also renamed it from VG_(generic_detect_memory_leaks)() to
   MAC_(do_detect_memory_leaks).  In making the code nicer w.r.t suppressions
   and error reporting, I tied it a bit more closely to Memcheck/Addrcheck,
   and got rid of some of the args.  It's not really "generic" any more, but
   then it never really was.  (This could be undone, but there doesn't seem
   to be much point.)

STREQ and STREQN were #defined in several places, and in two different ways.
Made global macros VG_STREQ, VG_CLO_STREQ and VG_CLO_STREQN in vg_skin.h.

Added the --gen-suppressions code.  This required adding the functions
SK_(get_error_name)() and SK_(print_extra_suppression_info)() for skins that
use the error handling need.

Added documentation for --gen-suppressions, and fixed some other minor document
problems.

Various other minor related changes too.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1517
2003-04-08 00:08:52 +00:00
Julian Seward
504bf9fb88 Document renaming of valgrind.h to memcheck.h.
MERGE TO STABLE


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1498
2003-04-03 22:09:13 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
646c7b9b91 Documentation changes only.
Added a couple of links to the "Valgrind skins" doc, because there were none.

Added a section "suggested skins" in the "Valgrind skins" doc, just in case it
inspires anyone in user-land.

MERGE TO STABLE


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1482
2003-03-25 13:38:35 +00:00
Julian Seward
d720203edd Fix up the documentation to be just about OK for version 2.0.
MERGE TO STABLE


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1461
2003-03-16 01:12:16 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
c273195e12 Minor documentation update about 'details'.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1414
2003-02-03 12:21:53 +00:00
Julian Seward
0f6cf30022 Restructure the documentation to try and make it hang together better.
Majorly improved.  Still a lot to do, but the structure is better.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1324
2002-11-18 00:07:28 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
7cf2e186e3 Lots of changes to future-proof the core/skin interface, making it less likely
that changes will cause binary incompatibilities.  Mostly done by hiding naked
structs with function calls.

Structs hidden in this way were: UCodeBlock, SkinSupp and SkinError (which were
merged back with CoreSupp and CoreError into single types Supp and Error),
ShadowChunk, VgDetails, VgNeeds and VgTrackEvents.  The last three are the most
important ones, as they are (I think) the most likely to change.

Suitable get()/set() methods were defined for each one.  The way UCodeBlocks
are copied for instrumentation by skins is a little different now, using
setup_UCodeBlock.  Had to add a few other functions here n there.  Changed
how SK_(complete_shadow_chunk) works a bit.

Added a file coregrind/vg_needs.c which contains all the get/set functions.
It's pretty simple.

The changes are not totally ideal -- eg. ShadowChunks has get()/set() methods
for its `next' field which arguably shouldn't be exposed (betraying the fact
that it's a linked list), and the get()/set() methods are a bit cumbersome at
times, esp. for `Error' because the fields are accessed quite a few times, and
the treatment of Supps and Errors is a bit inconsistent (but they are used in
different ways), and sizeof_shadow_blocks is still a hack.  But still better
than naked structs.  And one advantage is that a bit of sanity checking can be
performed by the get()/set() methods, as is done for VG_({get,set}_sc_extra)()
to make sure no reading/writing occurs outside the allowed area.

I didn't do it for UInstr, because its fields are accessed directly in lots and
lots of spots, which would have been a great big pain and I was a little
worried about overhead of calling lots of extra functions, although in practice
translation times are small enough that it probably doesn't matter.

Updated the example skin and the docs, too, hurrah.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1314
2002-11-14 12:42:47 +00:00
Julian Seward
5fd0ef7ca3 Just call me Mr Brain-Dead Moron. Move the documentation sources to
where I _should_ have put them in the first place, and fix up the
Makefile.am's accordingly.  'make' and 'make install' now work.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1292
2002-11-13 21:24:57 +00:00
Julian Seward
50040b9ebc Delete all the old documentation ...
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1283
2002-11-11 00:11:22 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
9c534e3a5f Added a basic core/skin interface versioning system. Each skin must use the
macro VG_DETERMINE_INTERFACE_VERSION exactly once.  If the X.Y core and skin
versions don't have a matching X (indicating binary incompatibility), Valgrind
will abort execution immediately at startup.

I even documented it in the skins guide!


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1279
2002-11-08 15:48:16 +00:00
Julian Seward
e6f9adbd38 merge rev 1.35.2.6:
Change the capitalisation of Reuben's Mite.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1237
2002-10-16 19:41:41 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
8a33a377c3 Minor update.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1233
2002-10-16 08:38:58 +00:00
Julian Seward
b2ec9dae1b Implement, and document, the --run-libc-freeres=no|yes flag.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1186
2002-10-05 14:15:43 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
3c7b9b2e03 Changed startup message to give information about skin and core separately.
Added "version" and "copyright_author" fields for skins to supply.

Now startup message looks something like this:

==12698== cachegrind, an I1/D1/L2 cache profiler for x86-linux.
==12698== Copyright (C) 2002, and GNU GPL'd, by Nicholas Nethercote.
==12698== Built with valgrind-HEAD, a program execution monitor.
==12698== Copyright (C) 2000-2002, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward.
==12698== Estimated CPU clock rate is 1422 MHz
==12698== For more details, rerun with: -v

The skin can specify a version number, but the skins that will be distributed
with Valgrind don't.

Also changed "x86 GNU/Linux" to the wicked "x86-linux" at Julian's request.

Updated default regression test filter to handle this new startup message.

----

Also moved the skin's name, description, etc., fields out of VG_(needs) into a
new struct VG_(details), since they are logically quite different to the needs.
Did a little code formatting, etc., for this.  Updated skin docs
correspondingly, too.

Also renamed the need `run_libc_freeres' --> `libc_freeres' so it's a noun
phrase rather than a verb phrase.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1172
2002-10-03 14:05:52 +00:00
Julian Seward
a8bd11ee33 Minor mods
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1159
2002-10-02 09:11:34 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
ad2f86232e Added some reasonably thorough documentation on how to write skins. Also added
an example skin which is referred to in the documentation, and is designed to
be a template which can be copied.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1122
2002-09-27 10:29:51 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
ae9433672d Removed cachegrind docs (now in cachegrind/docs/)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1097
2002-09-23 13:13:45 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
a766333b67 Added .cvsignore file.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1092
2002-09-23 11:36:39 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
afebe61b37 Files updated, added and removed in order to turn the ERASER branch into HEAD
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@1086
2002-09-23 09:36:25 +00:00
Julian Seward
ecd4ee7a79 Wibbles for 1.0.0.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@540
2002-07-26 11:34:39 +00:00
Julian Seward
5b87b4d8a7 Document probs with gcc-3.1 false positives.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@512
2002-07-16 01:49:22 +00:00
Julian Seward
ee99a560ad Mention kernel probs with R H "Limbo" public beta (hacked 2.4.18).
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@504
2002-07-14 10:45:21 +00:00
Julian Seward
fb00a3330d Document some limitations.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@503
2002-07-13 14:09:35 +00:00
Julian Seward
6764cec920 Final documentation updates for 1.0.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@481
2002-07-01 08:30:05 +00:00
Julian Seward
e8dd1efe84 Implement --weird-hacks=truncate-writes to limit the size of write syscalls
to 4096, to possibly avoid deadlocks under very rare circumstances.
Is fully documented and commented.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@479
2002-06-30 12:44:54 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
e95cef5f3c Removed line about Cachegrind being experimental.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@472
2002-06-27 15:45:09 +00:00
Julian Seward
f18008337f Patrick Ohly's --alignment= patch, to increase alignment of malloc'd
blocks if needed.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@422
2002-06-14 10:17:05 +00:00
Julian Seward
c797c7e5f9 First round of manual update for 1.0.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@417
2002-06-13 20:37:25 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
f598db43e4 A few minor improvements.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@402
2002-06-10 10:24:05 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
9e8a864df1 Updated Cachegrind section for the CPUID-addition/vg_cachegen-removal.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@401
2002-06-08 14:06:37 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
77dca1afe5 Cache simulator now handles basic block discards correctly. When
VG_(cachesim_discard_notify) is called, the cost centre array for the basic
block is removed from the table, and its counts are aggregated into a single
"discard" cost centre, and the cost centre array is free'd.

The aggregate discard cost centre is given the filename:function_name
"(discarded):(discarded)".  Mentioned this in the manual.

Only tested with tests/discard.c.  Seems to work well for that case though :)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@385
2002-06-05 14:41:10 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
703acc24b7 Tiny documentation wibbles
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@383
2002-06-05 09:21:51 +00:00
Julian Seward
a487ef1ce7 A new kind of error: PThread errors. Used to report detected misuse in
the pthread_* API.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@379
2002-06-04 22:54:20 +00:00
Julian Seward
9b734f2384 Markup bug.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@352
2002-06-01 23:56:38 +00:00
Julian Seward
162b23f120 Update for sigaltstack
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@312
2002-05-22 23:56:33 +00:00
Julian Seward
53c56fd4d1 Implement semaphore functions.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@295
2002-05-19 00:13:34 +00:00
Julian Seward
e45ef9f6cc Add clarification of the purpose of the malloc/free mismatch checks
(Pascal Massimino)


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@289
2002-05-18 11:09:19 +00:00
Julian Seward
6610ca19b3 Remove existing non-working support for self-modifying code, and instead
add a simple compromise, in which the client can notify valgrind
that certain code address ranges are invalid and should be retranslated.
This is done using the VALGRIND_DISCARD_TRANSLATIONS macro in valgrind.h.

At the same time take the opportunity to close the potentially fatal
loophole that translations for executable segments were not being
discarded when those segments were munmapped.  They are now.

Documentation updated.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@274
2002-05-16 11:06:21 +00:00
Nicholas Nethercote
8cbe9082c5 Expanded --sort option to take threshold args with the event names. Lets you
do things like "show functions covering 99% of all D2mr events *and* 99% of all
D2mw events" - before you could only choose the threshold for one.

Useful for me, but probably no-one else.  Still mentioned it in the docs,
though.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@269
2002-05-13 20:27:54 +00:00
Julian Seward
d6920d2b5c Fix spelling mistake: wierd*hacks --> weird*hacks
Also add a testcase.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk@265
2002-05-12 10:52:16 +00:00