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authorlmadsen <lmadsen@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b>2009-10-22 21:52:30 +0000
committerlmadsen <lmadsen@f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b>2009-10-22 21:52:30 +0000
commit179d71564c48ddc64169636861757ca1229a76a4 (patch)
treee56ad47e03bb315734f4c029ada53ad6b6c6de8a /doc
parentdbdff8732f6b008c51cd1c83ac9740c39cc79e68 (diff)
Merged revisions 225484 via svnmerge from
https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4 ........ r225484 | lmadsen | 2009-10-22 16:51:52 -0500 (Thu, 22 Oct 2009) | 11 lines Clean valgrind output by suppressing false errors. Update valgrind.txt documentation and add valgrind.supp file in order to allow those who are creating valgrind output to have less false errors in the logfile. (closes issue #16007) Reported by: atis Patches: valgrind.txt.diff uploaded by atis (license 242) asterisk2.supp uploaded by atis (license 242) Tested by: atis, amorsen ........ git-svn-id: http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk@225485 f38db490-d61c-443f-a65b-d21fe96a405b
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diff --git a/doc/valgrind.txt b/doc/valgrind.txt
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@@ -11,18 +11,12 @@ of information about the crash.
2. Rebuild and install Asterisk.
3. Run Asterisk as follows:
- valgrind --log-file-exactly=valgrind.txt asterisk -vvvvcg 2>malloc_debug.txt
-
- UPDATE: The newest version of valgrind has eliminated the
- --log-file-exactly option. If you are running valgrind 3.3.0 or higher,
- just use the --log-file option, keeping in mind that Valgrind will append
- a trailing suffix onto valgrind.txt.
+ valgrind --suppressions=/usr/src/asterisk/contrib/valgrind.supp --log-fd=9 asterisk -vvvvcg 9>valgrind.txt
+
+ Where /usr/src/asterisk/ is location of asterisk source code.
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. If you are using the --log-file
- option, note that valgrind.txt will have a trailing suffix. That's fine,
- just upload that file.
+ the process crashes), upload the valgrind.txt to the issue tracker.
Please note that even if valgrind prevents Asterisk from crashing, the
information logged may STILL be of use to developers, so please upload the