Re: valgrind issues on Fedora 28

On 12/15/18 12:32 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> On 12/14/18 4:35 PM, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> On 12/14/18 4:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> In general, I'm not particularly on board with our valgrind.supp
>>> carrying suppressions for code outside our own code base: I think
>>> that's assuming WAY too much about which version of what is installed
>>> on a particular box.
>>>
>> Fair point.
>>
>>> Maybe we could do something to make it simpler to have custom
>>> suppressions?  Not sure what, though.
>>>
>> I was thinking that perhaps we could allows specifying path to extra
>> suppressions and pass that to valgrind.
>>
>> But we don't actually invoke valgrind, that's something people do on
>> their own anyway - so we don't have anywhere to pass the path to. And
>> whoever invokes valgrind can simply stick it directly into the command
>> they're using (as it allows specifying multiple --suppressions=<file>
>> options). Or perhaps just put it into ~/.valgrindrc.
>>
>> So perhaps we should simply revert that commit and be done with it.
>>
>> One place that will need to solve it is buildfarm client, but it could
>> pick either of the options I mentioned.
>>
>>
> 
> The buildfarm client has a parameter in the config file for valgrind
> options. All you would have to do is an an extra --suppressions setting
> in there.
> 

OK, makes sense. I'll revert the commit tomorrow.


regards

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