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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2019-03-27 17:37:58 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2019-03-27 17:37:58 -0700 |
| commit | 356d71e00d278d865f8c7f68adebd6ce4698a7e2 (patch) | |
| tree | 8cb2dabf7440b56c6dee76b4253210c6b603b98e /tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt | |
| parent | df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702 (diff) | |
| parent | 1a9df9e29c2afecf6e3089442d429b377279ca3c (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt index f6fc6507ba55..3766886c4bca 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Build.txt @@ -47,3 +47,27 @@ Those objects are then used in final linking: NOTE this description is omitting other libraries involved, only focusing on build framework outcomes + +3) Build with ASan or UBSan +========================== + $ cd tools/perf + $ make DESTDIR=/usr + $ make DESTDIR=/usr install + +AddressSanitizer (or ASan) is a GCC feature that detects memory corruption bugs +such as buffer overflows and memory leaks. + + $ cd tools/perf + $ make DEBUG=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS='-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address' + $ ASAN_OPTIONS=log_path=asan.log ./perf record -a + +ASan outputs all detected issues into a log file named 'asan.log.<pid>'. + +UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (or UBSan) is a fast undefined behavior detector +supported by GCC. UBSan detects undefined behaviors of programs at runtime. + + $ cd tools/perf + $ make DEBUG=1 EXTRA_CFLAGS='-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=undefined' + $ UBSAN_OPTIONS=print_stacktrace=1 ./perf record -a + +If UBSan detects any problem at runtime, it outputs a “runtime error:” message. |