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Notes on Valgrind
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Valgrind is a test harness that includes many tools such as memcheck,
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which is commonly used to check for memory leaks, etc. The default tool
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run by Valgrind is memcheck. There are other tools available, but this
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will focus on memcheck.
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Valgrind runs programs in a virtual machine, this means OpenSSL unit
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tests run under Valgrind will take longer than normal.
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Requirements
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1. Platform supported by Valgrind
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See <http://valgrind.org/info/platforms.html>
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2. Valgrind installed on the platform
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See <http://valgrind.org/downloads/current.html>
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3. OpenSSL compiled
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See [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md)
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Running Tests
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-------------
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Test behavior can be modified by adjusting environment variables.
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`EXE_SHELL`
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This variable is used to specify the shell used to execute OpenSSL test
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programs. The default wrapper (`util/wrap.pl`) initializes the environment
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to allow programs to find shared libraries. The variable can be modified
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to specify a different executable environment.
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EXE_SHELL=\
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"`/bin/pwd`/util/wrap.pl valgrind --error-exitcode=1 --leak-check=full -q"
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This will start up Valgrind with the default checker (`memcheck`).
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The `--error-exitcode=1` option specifies that Valgrind should exit with an
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error code of 1 when memory leaks occur.
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The `--leak-check=full` option specifies extensive memory checking.
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The `-q` option prints only error messages.
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Additional Valgrind options may be added to the `EXE_SHELL` variable.
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`OPENSSL_ia32cap`
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This variable controls the processor-specific code on Intel processors.
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By default, OpenSSL will attempt to figure out the capabilities of a
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processor, and use it to its fullest capability. This variable can be
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used to control what capabilities OpenSSL uses.
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As of valgrind-3.15.0 on Linux/x86_64, instructions up to AVX2 are
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supported. Setting the following disables instructions beyond AVX2:
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`OPENSSL_ia32cap=":0"`
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This variable may need to be set to something different based on the
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processor and Valgrind version you are running tests on. More information
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may be found in [doc/man3/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod](doc/man3/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod).
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Additional variables (such as `VERBOSE` and `TESTS`) are described in the
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file [test/README.md](test/README.md).
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Example command line:
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$ make test EXE_SHELL="`/bin/pwd`/util/wrap.pl valgrind --error-exitcode=1 \
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--leak-check=full -q" OPENSSL_ia32cap=":0"
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If an error occurs, you can then run the specific test via the `TESTS` variable
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with the `VERBOSE` or `VF` or `VFP` options to gather additional information.
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$ make test VERBOSE=1 TESTS=test_test EXE_SHELL="`/bin/pwd`/util/wrap.pl \
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valgrind --error-exitcode=1 --leak-check=full -q" OPENSSL_ia32cap=":0"
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