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| author | tilghman <tilghman@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b> | 2007-11-01 17:25:58 +0000 |
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| committer | tilghman <tilghman@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b> | 2007-11-01 17:25:58 +0000 |
| commit | 23373716db61af1d1f68ed80ffdad6c6d0819dcf (patch) | |
| tree | aa59b553ce5be1463b035919f03a970d8deaf874 /doc/valgrind.txt | |
| parent | 29e524f0b8349a337008a3df97a9f2bb530c42e6 (diff) | |
Merged revisions 88116 via svnmerge from
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r88116 | tilghman | 2007-11-01 12:17:56 -0500 (Thu, 01 Nov 2007) | 2 lines
Add some notes on using valgrind
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diff --git a/doc/valgrind.txt b/doc/valgrind.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..067e29618 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/valgrind.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +If you're having certain types of crashes, such as those associated with +memory corruption, a bug marshal may ask you to run Asterisk under valgrind. +You should follow these steps, to give the bug marshal the maximum amount +of information about the crash. + +1. Run 'make menuselect' and in the Compiler Options, enable MALLOC_DEBUG + and DONT_OPTIMIZE. A bug marshal may also ask you to enable additional + compiler flags, such as DEBUG_THREADS, depending upon the nature of the + issue. + +2. Rebuild and install Asterisk. + +3. Run Asterisk as follows: + valgrind --log-file-exact=valgrind.txt asterisk -vvvvcg 2>malloc_debug.txt + +4. Reproduce the issue. Following the manifestation of the issue (or when + the process crashes), upload the two files, valgrind.txt and + malloc_debug.txt to the issue tracker. + |