[Lustre-discuss] [HPDD-discuss] Clang plugin for identifying un-used code.
Henwood, Richard
richard.henwood at intel.com
Thu Jul 24 17:11:15 PDT 2014
Thanks for this feedback Chris, my comments in-line.:
On Thu, 2014-07-24 at 15:00 -0700, Christopher J. Morrone wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Some notes for improvements needed:
>
> The URL under the git clone line on the wiki page needs fixing. It is
> specific to you, Richard.
>
fixed.
> Next, I would like to see this wiki page on the opensfs wiki instead of
> (or in addition to) the Intel wiki.
>
Sound good to me.
> The information about how to build and use lustre-static-analysis should
> be added to the lustre-static-analysis code tree.
>
Agreed. I personally favor input from users who use the tool to identify
unused code in Lustre to drive this process.
>
> The _new_ code is GPLv2, but the part(s) taken from clang/llvm are under
> the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License, which I think is
> basically just the BSD.
>
> Why did you choose GPLv2 when the tool you based it on is BSDish?
>
I have considered the mixing of Licenses. We did the work under
contract. The contract specified GPL2 for code. GPL2 and Clang BSD
license are compatible. I sided with the contract.
> We need a bit more of documentation of exactly what the two plugins
> actually do.
>
My suggestion here is that we keep the build and usage instructions in a
single readily available format until more feedback arrives. At that
point we can consider a suitable README in the code or similar.
> I would like to see lustre-static-analysis given a bit fuller of a build
> system. Ideally it would use autotools. At a minimum it would have a
> top-level make file.
>
As part of Removal of Dead Code, this plugin proved valuable -- but it
must be said that with the conclusion of that project, we cannot commit
to on-going maintenance. The license, of course, allows anyone to
modify, distribute and provide that role.
If there is general interest in this tool, I guess the best place is to
voice that here and at the TWG?
> Next, it seems to me like the method of invoking the tool is a little
> strange. I think I would prefer to have a script that behaves like a
> compiler (it calls clang for analysis, and then passes the full command
> line to gcc for the real compilation). Right now we have a psuedo-make
> command.
>
> So I would like the lustre build commands to look like:
>
> $ sh autogen.sh
> $ ./configure CC=my_fine_lustre_clang_wrapper
> $ make
>
> That just seems a little more obvious to me then the way it is currently
> invoked. Granted, I might be missing something.
>
Probably not. Our project goal was to delete unused code from Lustre
[1]. We developed this tool enough to get us to the goal. There is more
unused code, and I think further use of this tool will drive the next
enhancements.
best regards,
Richard
1.
http://wiki.opensfs.org/images/f/f4/RemovalOfDeadCode_ScopeStatement.pdf
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Richard.Henwood at intel.com
Intel High Performance Data Division
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