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[v4,13/15] docs/devel/testing: add -valgrind option to the debug section of QEMU iotests

Message ID 20210520075236.44723-14-eesposit@redhat.com
State New
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Series qemu_iotests: improve debugging options | expand

Commit Message

Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito May 20, 2021, 7:52 a.m. UTC 
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
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 docs/devel/testing.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

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Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy May 28, 2021, 5:42 p.m. UTC | #1 
20.05.2021 10:52, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote:
> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz<mreitz@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito<eesposit@redhat.com>


Reviewed-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsementsov@virtuozzo.com>
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diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index a746cab745..d743e88746 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@  a failing test:
   If the ``-gdb`` option is not used, ``$GDB_OPTIONS`` is ignored,
   regardless on whether it is set or not.
 
+* ``-valgrind`` attaches a valgrind instance to QEMU. If it detects
+  warnings, it will print and save the log in
+  ``$TEST_DIR/<valgrind_pid>.valgrind``.
+  The final command line will be ``valgrind --log-file=$TEST_DIR/
+  <valgrind_pid>.valgrind --error-exitcode=99 $QEMU ...``
+  Note: if used together with ``-gdb``, this command will be ignored.
+
 * ``-d`` (debug) just increases the logging verbosity, showing
   for example the QMP commands and answers.