[Valgrind-users] [function wrappers] CALL_FN_v_8W+: why does not CALL_FN_v_... supports more than 7 words argument?

2014-01-09 Thread Jun Yuan
Hello, I am using the function wrappers to profile some funcs in my app and I realized in the valgrind.h the max argument words macro CALL_FN_v_... supports is 7 words, instead of 12 words that CALL_FN_W_... is up to. Is there any reason why CALL_FN_v can not support more than 7 words? is it fr

Re: [Valgrind-users] Teaching valgrind..

2014-01-09 Thread Philippe Waroquiers
On Thu, 2014-01-09 at 19:40 +0530, Subhashish Pradhan wrote: > Hello! > > > I have some theoretical queries. What does "teaching valgrind some > syscalls" mean? > > > What are the read and write primitives of valgrind and where are they > handled? Basically, 'teaching a (new) syscall to valgrin

Re: [Valgrind-users] Valgrind and half-precision floating point

2014-01-09 Thread Vasily Golubev
Mr. Goldsmith, Yes, now Valgrind doesn't know VCVBT and VCVTT instructiosn on ARM. So, please, create bug in bug-tracker. For reproducing it is better to use "__asm__ __volatile__ (...)". I'll try to go deeper in VEX library and if it is successfully - produce patch and attach it to the bug. In an

[Valgrind-users] Teaching valgrind..

2014-01-09 Thread Subhashish Pradhan
Hello! I have some theoretical queries. What does "teaching valgrind some syscalls" mean? What are the read and write primitives of valgrind and where are they handled? Forgive me for being such a newbie, in advance. Regards, Subhashish P.S. - Which documentation should provide the essential u