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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2012-12-11 10:58:06 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2012-12-11 10:58:06 +0100
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'kepler.SCHWINGE/master'
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@@ -85,11 +85,26 @@ There is a [[!FF_project 276]][[!tag bounty]] on some of these tasks.
* [Coverity](http://www.coverity.com/) (nonfree?)
+ * [Splint](http://www.splint.org/)
+
+ * IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-12-04
+
+ <mcsim> has anyone used splint on hurd?
+ <mcsim> this is tool for statically checking C programs
+ <mcsim> seems I made it work
+
# Dynamic
* [[community/gsoc/project_ideas/Valgrind]]
+ * glibc's `libmcheck`
+
+ * Used by GDB, for example.
+
+ * Is not thread-safe, [[!sourceware_bug 6547]], [[!sourceware_bug 9939]],
+ [[!sourceware_bug 12751]], [[!stackoverflow_question 314931]].
+
* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Fence>
* <http://sourceforge.net/projects/duma/>
diff --git a/open_issues/code_analysis/discussion.mdwn b/open_issues/code_analysis/discussion.mdwn
index f8a0657d..f6b1e8c1 100644
--- a/open_issues/code_analysis/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/code_analysis/discussion.mdwn
@@ -15,17 +15,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-12-04
- <mcsim> has anyone used splice on hurd?
- <mcsim> splice -> splint
- <youpi> not that I know of
- <mcsim> this is tool for statically checking C programs
- <mcsim> seems I made it work
- <braunr> hm i realli i personnally dislike such tools a lot, but sometimes
- it might help
- <braunr> hello hurd people
- <mcsim> braunr: hello
- <braunr> mcsim: duma may be helpful as replacement for the memcheck part of
- valgrind
<mcsim> defpager uses it's own dynamic memory allocator, which uses
vm_allocate/vm_deallocate as backing store? Am I able to use duma in such
case?
@@ -38,6 +27,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
<mcsim> yes, wired memory
<braunr> you'll have to change that in duma then
<braunr> but apart from such details, it should be straightforward
+
<antrik> braunr: I have no idea about duma; but if you think it's a useful
tool, please add it to open_issues/code_analysis.mdwn
<antrik> (I guess we should have a "proper" page listing useful debugging