Intel® Inspector User Guide for Linux* OS

ID 767796
Date 5/15/2022
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Third-party Suppression Files

The command line interface convert-suppression-file action converts suppression files from the following products to the current Intel Inspector suppression file format:

  • Third-party software

    • IBM Rational* PurifyPlus* suppression files (Linux* OS only)

    • Valgrind* suppression files (Linux OS only)

  • Previous versions of the Intel Inspector suppression files (Linux and Windows* OS)

During conversion, the Intel Inspector:

  1. Reads the suppression file to internal structures.
  2. Converts third-party product messages/errors to Intel Inspector problem types.
  3. Skips suppression rules that cannot be converted.
  4. Writes the converted data to an Intel Inspector suppression file.
  5. Reports all errors encountered during processing.

CAUTION:

Even with a completely successful conversion, you may still need to fine-tune the contents of the converted suppression file using a text editor.

PurifyPlus Message to Intel Inspector Problem Type Mapping

PurifyPlus messages map to Intel Inspector problem Types in the following manner during conversion:

PurifyPlus Message

Message Description

Intel Inspector Analog

ABR

Array Bounds Read

invalid_memory_access

ABW

Array Bounds Write

invalid_memory_access

ABWL

Late Array Bounds Write

invalid_memory_access

BRK

Misuse of BRK or SBRK (Using BRK or SBRK directly to allocate memory)

None

BSR

Beyond Stack Read

invalid_memory_access

BSW

Beyond Stack Write

invalid_memory_access

COR

Core Dump Imminent

None

FFM

Freeing Freed Memory

invalid_deallocation

FIM

Freeing Invalid Memory

invalid_deallocation

FIU

File Descriptors In Use

None

FMM

Freeing Mismatched Memory

invalid_deallocation

FMR

Free Memory Read (Read from heap memory that has already been freed)

invalid_memory_access

FMW

Free Memory Write (Write to heap memory that has already been freed)

invalid_memory_access

FMWL

Free Memory Write Late (Write to heap memory that has already been freed)

invalid_memory_access

FNH

Freeing Non Heap Memory

invalid_deallocation

FUM

Freeing Unallocated Memory

invalid_deallocation

IPR

Invalid Pointer Read

invalid_memory_access

IPW

Invalid Pointer Write

invalid_memory_access

MAF

Malloc Failure

None

MIU

Memory In-Use

None

MLK

Memory Leak

unreachable_memory_leak

MRE

Malloc Reentrancy Error

Not applicable

MSE

Memory Segment Error

invalid_memory_access

NPR

Null Pointer Read (SEGV signal)

invalid_memory_access

NPW

Null Pointer Write (SEGV signal)

invalid_memory_access

PAR

Bad Parameter

Not applicable

PLK

Potential Memory Leak - Heap memory that potentially might be leaked (program has pointers only to the middle of the region)

Not applicable

SBR

Stack Array Bounds Read (concerns local variables) - Only generated on SPARC; not on Linux* or Windows* OS

None

SBW

Stack Array Bounds Write (concerns local variables) - Only generated on SPARC; not on Linux or Windows OS

None

SIG

Signal

None

SOF

Stack Overflow

None

UMC

Uninitialized Memory Copy

uninitialized_memory_access

UMR

Uninitialized Memory Read

uninitialized_memory_access

WPF

Watchpoint Free

Not applicable

WPM

Watchpoint Malloc

Not applicable

WPN

Watchpoint Entry

Not applicable

WPR

Watchpoint Read

Not applicable

WPW

Watchpoint Write

Not applicable

WPX

Watchpoint Exit

Not applicable

ZPR

Zero Page Read (read from a bad pointer)

invalid_memory_access

ZPW

Zero Page Write (write to a bad pointer)

invalid_memory_access

Valgrind Error to Intel Inspector Problem Type Mapping

Valgrind errors map to Intel Inspector problem Types in the following manner during conversion:

Valgrind Error

Problem Description

Intel Inspector Analog

AddrN

Invalid memory access

invalid_memory_access

ValueN

Uninitialized memory access

uninitialized_memory_access

Cond

Use of an uninitialized CPU condition code

Not applicable

Jump

Jump to an unaddressable location error

Not applicable

Param

Invalid system call parameter error

invalid_call

Overlap

Src/dest overlap in memcpy or similar function

invalid_call

Free

Freeing error or mismatched deallocation

invalid_deallocation, mismatched_deallocation, invalid_deallocation_mapped

Leak

Memory leak

unreachable_memory_leak

NOTE:

Valgrind software detects uninitialized memory problems differently than the Intel Inspector. This difference impacts the stacks each product detects, which impacts the corresponding suppression files.