Re: [Valgrind-developers] building for massif : no -static

[Konstantin S. <kon...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Roger Martin <ro...@qu...> wrote:
> Hi developers,
>
> I've been having a productive time with massif; it is a very useful tool to
> have in my toolbox.  Thank you.
>
> Thought it may help someone else if the documentation at:
> http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/ms-manual.html
> where it is talking about the -g flag, included a note about not applying a
> gcc build flag called -static.  This flag apparently changes the resulting
> of the executable so that massif cannot find new, malloc, etc.
> .......
> First off, as for the other Valgrind tools, you should compile with
> debugging info (the -g flag) . You can compile and link with static
> libraries but do not include -static flag during linking. ...
> .......

Such information could be found somewhere in the docs (though maybe
not on the front page).
What we really need, is a BIG WARNING when valgrind tools encounter
static executable or lack of debug info.

--kcc

> Something like that.
>
> If the -static flag is set, valgrind massif will not find any memory
> allocation routines and the output will be blank.  Only the beginning nil
> snapshot and that's it.  Remove the -static and massif works great.
>
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