This always has the same meaning in packages - build in annotations to help with e.g. custom memory allocators to reduce noise and improve Valgrind's accuracy.

All invalid uses of this were already fixed (cases where it was used to control running the testsuite under Valgrind which we don't want to do, it's too flaky under sandbox & not reliable with diff arches.)

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
---
profiles/use.desc | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
index 04ca8e845ccd9..675fd291fee22 100644
--- a/profiles/use.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.desc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

# Keep them sorted
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ usb - Add USB support to applications that have optional USB support (e.g. cups)
v4l - Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace libv4l libraries)
vaapi - Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding
vala - Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala
+valgrind - Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-util/valgrind
vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO NOT USE THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically
vcd - Video CD supp

On Sun, 2023-05-14 at 09:26 +0100, Sam James wrote:

This always has the same meaning in packages - build in annotations to
help
with e.g. custom memory allocators to reduce noise and improve
Valgrind's accuracy.

All invalid uses of this were already fixed (cases where it was used
to control
running the testsuite under Valgrind which we don't want to do, it's
too flaky
under sandbox & not reliable with diff arches.)

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
---
 profiles/use.desc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
index 04ca8e845ccd9..675fd291fee22 100644
--- a/profiles/use.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.desc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # Keep them sorted
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ usb - Add USB support to applications that have
optional USB support (e.g. cups)
 v4l - Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or
userspace libv4l libraries)
 vaapi - Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding
 vala - Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala
+valgrind - Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime
slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-util/valgrind
 vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO
NOT USE THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically
 vcd - Video CD support
 vdpau - Enable the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
acceleration interface

yes please, lgtm

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Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

This always has the same meaning in packages - build in annotations to help with e.g. custom memory allocators to reduce noise and improve Valgrind's accuracy.

All invalid uses of this were already fixed (cases where it was used to control
running the testsuite under Valgrind which we don't want to do, it's too flaky
under sandbox & not reliable with diff arches.)

LGTM. thanks!

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
---
profiles/use.desc | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
index 04ca8e845ccd9..675fd291fee22 100644
--- a/profiles/use.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.desc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

# Keep them sorted
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ usb - Add USB support to applications that have optional USB support (e.g. cups)
v4l - Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace libv4l libraries)
vaapi - Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding
vala - Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala
+valgrind - Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime
slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-util/valgrind
vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO NOT USE
THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically
vcd - Video CD support
vdpau - Enable the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix acceleration interface

--
Arsen Arsenović

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Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?

A very small amount because it adds a check at runtime for whether
the application is running under Valgrind. The compiler may be able
to optimise this a bit if it can determine it's unlikely (if the
Valgrind headers don't already do this, they should probably mark
them as cold functions).

The aim of this change is to be able to have USE=valgrind in make.conf
if you're an active user of it and have things work better, so it
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Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?

A very small amount because it adds a check at runtime for whether
the application is running under Valgrind. The compiler may be able
to optimise this a bit if it can determine it's unlikely (if the
Valgrind headers don't already do this, they should probably mark
them as cold functions).

Sorry, I should say, they're hot functions but the if()s for them
should be unlikely()'d.



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Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?

dum., 14 mai 2023, 19:46 Arsen Arsenović <arsen@gentoo.org> a scris:

Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

This always has the same meaning in packages - build in annotations to

help

with e.g. custom memory allocators to reduce noise and improve

Valgrind's accuracy.

All invalid uses of this were already fixed (cases where it was used to

control

running the testsuite under Valgrind which we don't want to do, it's too

flaky

under sandbox & not reliable with diff arches.)

LGTM. thanks!

Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
---
profiles/use.desc | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
index 04ca8e845ccd9..675fd291fee22 100644
--- a/profiles/use.desc
+++ b/profiles/use.desc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

# Keep them sorted
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ usb - Add USB support to applications that have

optional USB support (e.g. cups)

v4l - Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace

libv4l libraries)

vaapi - Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding
vala - Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala
+valgrind - Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-util/valgrind
vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO

NOT USE

THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically
vcd - Video CD support
vdpau - Enable the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix

acceleration interface

--
Arsen Arsenović

<div dir="auto">Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">dum., 14 mai 2023, 19:46 Arsen Arsenović &lt;<a href="mailto:arsen@gentoo.org">arsen@gentoo.org</a>&gt;
a scris:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Sam James &lt;<a href="mailto:sam@gentoo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sam@gentoo.org</a>&gt; writes:<br>

&gt; This always has the same meaning in packages - build in annotations to help<br>
&gt; with e.g. custom memory allocators to reduce noise and improve Valgrind&#39;s accuracy.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; All invalid uses of this were already fixed (cases where it was used to control<br>
&gt; running the testsuite under Valgrind which we don&#39;t want to do, it&#39;s too flaky<br>
&gt; under sandbox &amp; not reliable with diff arches.)<br>

LGTM.  thanks!<br>

&gt; Signed-off-by: Sam James &lt;<a href="mailto:sam@gentoo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sam@gentoo.org</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; ---<br>
&gt;  profiles/use.desc | 3 ++-<br>
&gt;  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc<br>
&gt; index 04ca8e845ccd9..675fd291fee22 100644<br>
&gt; --- a/profiles/use.desc<br>
&gt; +++ b/profiles/use.desc<br>
&gt; @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@<br>
&gt; -# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors<br>
&gt; +# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors<br>
&gt;  # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2<br> &gt;  <br>
&gt;  # Keep them sorted<br>
&gt; @@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ usb - Add USB support to applications that have optional USB support (e.g. cups)<br>
&gt;  v4l - Enable support for video4linux (using linux-headers or userspace libv4l libraries)<br>
&gt;  vaapi - Enable Video Acceleration API for hardware decoding<br>
&gt;  vala - Enable bindings for dev-lang/vala<br>
&gt; +valgrind - Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime<br> &gt; slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-util/valgrind<br> &gt;  vanilla - Do not add extra patches which change default behaviour; DO NOT USE<br>
&gt; THIS ON A GLOBAL SCALE as the severity of the meaning changes drastically<br>
&gt;  vcd - Video CD support<br>
&gt;  vdpau - Enable the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix acceleration interface<br>


-- <br>
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Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

[[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]

Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?

A very small amount because it adds a check at runtime for whether
the application is running under Valgrind. The compiler may be able
to optimise this a bit if it can determine it's unlikely (if the
Valgrind headers don't already do this, they should probably mark
them as cold functions).

Sorry, I should say, they're hot functions but the if()s for them
should be unlikely()'d.

Alexander Monakov reached out and pointed out this isn't right - they're actually branchless and just encoded in nops, so there's really
essentially no runtime cost.



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In that case, is it worth it to enable USE=valgrind globally?

vin., 26 mai 2023, 10:44 Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> a scris:

Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

[[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]

Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?

A very small amount because it adds a check at runtime for whether
the application is running under Valgrind. The compiler may be able
to optimise this a bit if it can determine it's unlikely (if the
Valgrind headers don't already do this, they should probably mark
them as cold functions).

Sorry, I should say, they're hot functions but the if()s for them
should be unlikely()'d.

Alexander Monakov reached out and pointed out this isn't right - they're actually branchless and just encoded in nops, so there's really
essentially no runtime cost.

<div dir="auto">In that case, is it worth it to enable USE=valgrind globally?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">vin., 26 mai 2023, 10:44 Sam James &lt;<a href="mailto:sam@gentoo.org">sam@gentoo.org</a>&gt; a scris:<br></

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>

Sam James &lt;<a href="mailto:sam@gentoo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sam@gentoo.org</a>&gt; writes:<br>

&gt; [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sam James &lt;<a href="mailto:sam@gentoo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">sam@gentoo.org</a>&gt; writes:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Alexe Stefan &lt;<a href="mailto:stefanalexe48@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stefanalexe48@gmail.com</a>&gt; writes:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Does enabling USE=valgrind impact runtime performance in any way?<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; A very small amount because it adds a check at runtime for whether<br> &gt;&gt; the application is running under Valgrind. The compiler may be able<br>
&gt;&gt; to optimise this a bit if it can determine it&#39;s unlikely (if the<br>
&gt;&gt; Valgrind headers don&#39;t already do this, they should probably mark<br>
&gt;&gt; them as cold functions).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sorry, I should say, they&#39;re hot functions but the if()s for them<br> &gt; should be unlikely()&#39;d.<br>

Alexander Monakov reached out and pointed out this isn&#39;t right - they&#39;re<br>
actually branchless and just encoded in nops, so there&#39;s really<br> essentially no runtime cost.<br>


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Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

In that case, is it worth it to enable USE=valgrind globally?

I have, and I'd say others interested in using Valgrind should too.



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So it's only useful for developers that already use valgrind.

sâm., 27 mai 2023, 17:13 Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> a scris:

Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

In that case, is it worth it to enable USE=valgrind globally?

I have, and I'd say others interested in using Valgrind should too.

<div dir="auto">So it&#39;s only useful for developers that already use valgrind.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">sâm., 27 mai 2023, 17:13 Sam James &lt;<a href="mailto:sam@gentoo.org">sam@gentoo.org</a>&gt; a scris:<

</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>

Alexe Stefan &lt;<a href="mailto:stefanalexe48@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">stefanalexe48@gmail.com</a>&gt; writes:<br>

&gt; In that case, is it worth it to enable USE=valgrind globally?<br>

I have, and I&#39;d say others interested in using Valgrind should too.<br>


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Alexe Stefan <stefanalexe48@gmail.com> writes:

So it's only useful for developers that already use valgrind.

Why would it be useful to anybody else? It can be useful if you suspect
you may want to use Valgrind with system packages at some point and you
don't want then to recompile, sure.

I'm not sure if I understand your point. What perspective are you asking
from?

I wouldn't expect users who don't know what Valgrind is to set this.

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