Debugging and Profiling C++ applications on Linux

This is an introduction course to various tools that help developers and testers find bugs and identify performance issues in C++ applications on Linux. The tools presented cover a wide range of problems, from general-purpose debugging and CPU profiling to Linux-specific high-level analyzers.

We offer two types of in-person training: Scheduled, for individuals from diverse companies and In-Company for teams. Some on-line options are also available.

Course Contents:

This training focuses on what a developer should know for being efficient on both desktop and embedded Linux.

The following tools will be covered:

Debugging:

• general purpose debuggers: GDB, RR
• memory error detectors: valgrind’s memcheck, AddressSanitizers
• thread error detectors: ThreadSanitizer
• tracing: ldd, strace
• OpenGL: apitrace

Profiling:

• CPU: valgrind’s callgrind, Linux perf, Intel VTune Amplifier XE
• heap memory: valgrind’s massif, heaptrack
• OpenGL: apitrace
• System-wide: LTTng

Testing:

• static code analysis: clang analyzer, Coverity
• code coverage: gcov

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