Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS

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Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS
Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS x
Get Started Before You Begin Set Up a Project Collect Results Investigate Results Test for Regressions Suppressions Support API Support Troubleshooting User Interface Reference Problem Type Reference Command Line Interface Support MPI Applications Support Appendix Notices and Disclaimers
Get Started x
Dynamic Analysis vs. Static Analysis Key Terminology Sample Applications and Tutorials Workflows-Quick Paths to Maximizing Productivity
Workflows-Quick Paths to Maximizing Productivity x
Analysis Workflow Reporting Workflow Regression Testing Workflow
Before You Begin x
Visual Studio* Integration Standalone Intel Inspector GUI Startup Tasks
Startup Tasks x
Change Result and Result Directory Name Templates Choose Baseline Results for Setting States Display Application Output
Set Up a Project x
Build Your Application Choose Projects Configure Projects
Build Your Application x
Configure Debug Mode for Applications in the Visual Studio* IDE Set Up Applications to Build in Debug Mode in the Visual Studio* IDE
Choose Projects x
Choose Projects in the StandaloneIntel Inspector GUI Choose Projects in the Visual Studio* IDE Create Projects in the StandaloneIntel Inspector GUI Create Solutions/Projects From Applications in the Visual Studio* IDE
Configure Projects x
Binary/Symbol Search and Source Search Locations Choose Data Sets Manage Suppression Rules Search Non-standard Directories Set Project Properties-Advanced Set Target Application Properties - Basic
Collect Results x
Configure Analysis Run Analysis Examine Result Data During Analysis
Configure Analysis x
Memory Error Analysis Types Threading Error Analysis Types Manage Custom Analysis Types
Run Analysis x
Run Memory Error and Threading Error Analyses Stop Analysis
Examine Result Data During Analysis x
Find Memory Leaks On Demand Measure Memory Growth
Investigate Results x
View Results Choose Problems Interpret Result Data and Resolve Issues Investigate Problems Using Interactive Debugging Collaborate on Results Export and Import Files Compare Results
View Results x
Manage Help Snippet Displays Open Results Show Result Summaries
Choose Problems x
Deselecting Filter Criteria Refining the Source File Set Selecting Filter Criteria Selecting Problems
Interpret Result Data and Resolve Issues x
Severity Levels States Access the Explain Problem Help Change States Customize Frame Presentation Customize Data Columns Edit Source Code
Investigate Problems Using Interactive Debugging x
Intel Inspector Debug Extensions in the Visual Studio* IDE Disable and Re-enable Problem Breakpoints Stop Analyses During Interactive Debugging
Collaborate on Results x
State Merge Merge States Across Results Report Result Data
Export and Import Files x
Export Archives Import Archives and Other Files
Test for Regressions x
Tes for Regressions: Recommended Approach Test for Regressions: Other Approaches
Suppressions Support x
Suppressions Support Using the GUI Suppressions Support Using Handwritten Suppression Rules Suppressions Support Using Third-party Suppression Rules
Suppressions Support Using the GUI x
Typical Suppressions Usage Model Using the GUI Suppression Rule Reach in the GUI Suppression Rule Examples in the GUI Defining Suppression Rules in the GUI Deleting Suppression Rules Applied to Marked Result Data in the GUI
Suppressions Support Using Handwritten Suppression Rules x
Typical Suppressions Usage Models Using Handwritten Suppression Files Suppression Rule Syntax in Text Format Suppression Rule Examples in Text Format
Suppressions Support Using Third-party Suppression Rules x
Typical Suppressions Usage Models Using Third-party Suppression Files Third-party Suppression Files
API Support x
APIs for Custom Synchronization APIs for Custom Memory Allocation APIs for Collection Control
Troubleshooting x
Troubleshooting Anti-virus Software Issues Troubleshooting Application Crashes Troubleshooting Internal Thread Suspension Attempt Troubleshooting No Problems Detected Troubleshooting No Symbolic Information Troubleshooting OpenMP* Technology Issues Troubleshooting Out-of-memory Conditions Troubleshooting Tamper-resistance Issues Troubleshooting Unexpected Application Behavior During Memory Error Analyses
User Interface Reference x
Context Menus: Problem Details Pane Context Menus: Project Navigator Context Menus: Solution Explorer Context Menus: Sources Window Panes Context Menus: Summary Window Panes Dialog Box: Corresponding inspxe-cl Command Options Dialog Box: Create a Project Dialog Box: Create Suppression Dialog Box: Custom Analysis Dialog Box: Delete Suppressions Dialog Box: Disabled Problem Breakpoints Dialog Box: Export Result Dialog Box: Merge States Dialog Box: Options-General Dialog Box: Options-Result Location Dialog Box: Options-State Management Dialog Box: Problem Report Dialog Box: Project Properties-Binary/Symbol Search Dialog Box: Project Properties-Source Search Dialog Box: Project Properties-Suppressions Dialog Box: Project Properties-Target Dialog Box: Refine Source File Set Dialog Box: Select Stack Frame(s) Dialog Box: View Stack Hot Keys Pane: Analysis Type-Custom Pane: Analysis Type-Memory Errors Pane: Analysis Type-Threading Errors Pane: Application Output Pane: Code and Stack Pane: Code Locations Pane: Collection Log Pane: Collector Messages Pane: Compare Results Pane: Filters Pane: Import Result Pane: Launch Application Pane: Problem Details Pane: Problems Pane: Project Navigator Pane: Timeline Toolbar: Command Toolbar: Intel Inspector Toolbar: Navigation Window: Collection Log Window: Compare Results Window: Import Result Window: Sources Window: Summary After Analysis Is Complete Window: Summary During Analysis
Problem Type Reference x
Cross-thread Stack Access Data Race Deadlock GDI Resource Leak Incorrect memcpy Call Invalid Deallocation Invalid Memory Access Invalid Partial Memory Access Kernel Resource Leak Lock Hierarchy Violation Memory Growth Memory Leak Memory Not Deallocated Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation Missing Allocation Thread Exit Information Thread Start Information Unhandled Application Exception Uninitialized Memory Access Uninitialized Partial Memory Access
Command Line Interface Support x
Command Syntax Command Syntax Alternatives and Rules Command Line Output Collecting Result Data from the Command Line Working with Reports from the Command Line Working with Suppressions from the Command Line inspxe-cl Actions, Options and Arguments
Working with Reports from the Command Line x
Reporting Result Data from the Command Line Saving and Formatting Reports from the Command Line Interpreting Result Data from the Command Line
Working with Suppressions from the Command Line x
Creating a Suppress-All File from the Command Line Set Up Generate a Result that Only Contains Problems to Suppress Create the Suppress-All File Next Steps See Also Converting Third-Party Suppression Files from the Command Line Applying Suppression Files from the Command Line Workaround for Disabled Suppressions from the Command Line
inspxe-cl Actions, Options and Arguments x
app-working-dir archive-name baseline-result collect collect-with command convert-suppression-file create-suppression-file csv-delimiter executable-of-interest export filter finalize format help include-snippets include-sources import knob knob-list merge-states module-filter module-filter-mode no-auto-finalize no-summary option-file quiet report report-all report-output result-dir return-app-exitcode search-dir sort-asc sort-desc suppression-file user-data-dir verbose version
MPI Applications Support x
MPI Analysis Workflow Configure Installation Options Collect MPI Performance/Correctness Data Finalize MPI Collected Data View MPI Collected Data MPI Analysis Limitations Support of Non-Intel MPI Implementations Additional MPI Resources
Appendix x
Product Design Sample Code Caveats Intel Inspector Filenames and Locations Notational Conventions Related Information System APIs Supported During Memory Error Analysis System APIs Supported During Threading Error Analysis Evaluation Features
Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS

Creating a Suppress-All File from the Command Line

When you want to suppress all problems remaining in an application, you can use the Intel Inspectorinspxe-cl command to create a suppress-all file. Suppress-all files are expensive to produce and to apply, so be sure to consider other alternatives, such as problem states or manually assigning suppression rules, before using this method to filter problems.

In Intel® Inspector, you can create suppression files - files containing suppression rules - through the GUI or through the inspxe-cl command line interface, but the capabilities are not the same in both interfaces. GUI tools allow you manage suppression rules individually - for example, to add or delete a single suppression rule. But when you want to create suppression rules for all problems remaining in your application, known as a suppress-all file, you must use the command line.

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Any number of suppression files can be used when performing analysis, but each suppression rule adds some overhead to the analysis process, so you will want to avoid redundantly suppressing the same code locations. Once your suppress-all file is created, you can manage it by editing suppression rules with a text editor, or adding or deleting suppression rules in the GUI. As an example, after creation, you might edit your suppress-all file in a text editor to merge multiple suppression rules into a smaller number of broader-scoped collection rules. As your code base changes, you might add suppression rules manually, and delete any that have become unnecessary. For more information on managing suppression files, see the links at the bottom of this topic.

Set Up

Before creating a suppression file, configure the Project Properties in the GUI to allow suppressions. This won't affect results generated from the command line, in which suppressions are always enabled, but it will affect the results of any analyses you might generate through the GUI.

Check your suppressions directory settings. To make it easy to switch between the GUI and the command line, store suppression files in the Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE standard suppressions directory: C:\myProject\My Inspector Results-[project name]\suppressions.

Choose a representative data set that exercises your code while minimizing unnecessary overhead.

A suppression file is created for a specific type of analysis, such as memory error or threading error analysis, so while you are working in the GUI, configure your analysis settings, and then use the Dialog Box Corresponding inspxe-cl Command Options to copy the command with the analysis type and other arguments to your clipboard, then save it to use on the command line.

Generate a Result that Only Contains Problems to Suppress

Your goal is to create a suppression file that contains only those problems that you want to suppress. To do this, you must run an analysis and fix all problems that should be fixed, and then run a second analysis so that the second result only contains those problems that you want to suppress. You will use this second result to generate your suppress-all file.

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Any problem state assignments are carried forward into the second result, but do not affect which problems are included in the suppress-all file. For example, even if the state is Confirmed, a suppression rule will be created for this problem in the suppress-all file.

  1. Run an analysis on your application using your configured analysis settings.

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    If you initiate analysis through the GUI, you can view the analysis result immediately, use the Copy the Command Line tool to get the analysis command for use in subsequent analysis runs, and have easy access to your code editor.

  2. Fix all detected problems that are unacceptable and should not remain in the application code. Be sure to fix detected errors only, so that no new problems are introduced before running the second analysis.

  3. Using the same sample data set, if applicable, run your second analysis. Memory and threading analysis can be performed through the command line.

The result of this second analysis contains only those problems that you chose not to fix, so you are ready to create your suppression file.

Create the Suppress-All File

Now that your second result is ready, use the inspxe-cl command to create the suppress-all file.

The default name for suppression files is default.If you do not specify an extension, .sup is used. .

To make it easy to switch between the GUI and the command line, store suppression files in the Microsoft Visual Studio* IDE standard suppressions directory: C:\myProject\My Inspector Results-[project name]\suppressions.

The command syntax takes this general form:

inspxe-cl -create-suppression-file <PATHname> -result-dir <PATH>

For more information, see the option reference for create-suppression-file.

Next Steps

Once the suppress-all file exists for this type of analysis, you can use this suppression file in future analyses of this type, or when generating reports from results in which these problems are not already suppressed.

If you want to set up suppression files for a different kind of analysis, repeat this process. You may want to store the suppression file in a different directory.

Parent topic: Working with Suppressions from the Command Line
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