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Bug 333640

Summary:	dSYM file is not generated on OS X
Product:	[Tools] Linux Tools	Reporter:	Alex <alexjironkin>
Component:	Valgrind	Assignee:	Elliott Baron <ebaron>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3	CC:	akurtakov
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	0.7
Hardware:	Macintosh
OS:	Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
Whiteboard:

Description Alex

2011-01-06 06:48:12 EST

Build Identifier: 0.7.0.201012160013

I am running valgrind on a OS X. The debug symbols are generated in a different way. This results in little useful information in the valgrind tab. e.g. no line numbers. In order to obtain those valgrind already has the --dsymutil=yes command line option for automatically generating debug symbols. I couldn't find where this option was exposed in the Valgrind settings in the plug-in. 

So can you please add this to the setting if it is not already there, otherwise no debug symbols are linked.

Alex

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Profile any C/C++ application with default options.

Comment 1 Elliott Baron

2011-01-06 11:56:58 EST

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the insight. I wasn't aware OS X handled debug info this way. I don't have a Mac to test on, so I was hoping Valgrind would just "do the right thing" by default. I'll add an option and have it set to "yes" by default.

Thanks,
Elliott

Comment 2 Alex

2011-01-06 12:54:58 EST

Hi Elliott,

dsymutil is only an Apple thing, so I am not sure if it doe/breaks anything on Linux systems. I am using nightly-helios update site, so as soon as you let me know I will test it.

Best Regards

Alex

Comment 3 Elliott Baron

2011-01-06 15:14:07 EST

I've committed the dsymutil option for versions of Valgrind >= 3.6.0. The man page says the option is only relevant for OS X, and it appears to just get ignored when used on Linux. The fix should appear in the Helios nightly update site later today or tomorrow.

--Elliott

Comment 4 Alex

2011-01-06 16:43:34 EST

Just tested  the 0.7.0.201101061437 and no change.

Alex

Comment 5 Elliott Baron

2011-01-06 17:03:04 EST

(In reply to comment #4)
> Just tested  the 0.7.0.201101061437 and no change.
> 
> Alex
Is there a "Run dsymutil (Mac OS X) checkbox in the Valgrind Options launch configuration tab, under General Options?

Comment 6 Alex

2011-01-07 06:46:22 EST

I tried again this morning with updated version of valgrind (SVN) and it works. I must have missed something last night. Thanks a lot it all works like a charm :)

Also Valgrind has a list of available GUIs and such like on their website. But this plugin is not one of them I think its worth adding it because it is awsome!


Alex

Comment 7 Elliott Baron

2011-01-07 11:02:20 EST

(In reply to comment #6)
> I tried again this morning with updated version of valgrind (SVN) and it works.
> I must have missed something last night. Thanks a lot it all works like a charm
> :)
> 
> Also Valgrind has a list of available GUIs and such like on their website. But
> this plugin is not one of them I think its worth adding it because it is
> awsome!
> 
> 
> Alex

Awesome! That's great to hear. I've been meaning to kindly let the Valgrind developers know of this plugin's existence.