Prasanna, have you compared the results to the ones we see via coverity? -Ira ----- Original Message ----- > Hi gluster team, > > Proposal: > > Using Clang static analyzer tool for gluster project > > > > About Clang: > > From a very high level view, Clang has two features > > 1. Clang as a compiler > 2. Clang as a code analyzer > > The Idea hear is to use second point i.e Clang as code analyzer and still gcc > will be our default compiler. > > The Clang Static Analyzer is a source code analysis tool that finds bugs in > C, > C++, and Objective-C programs. Given the exact same code base, clang-analyzer > reported ~70 potential issues. clang is an awesome and free tool. > > The reports from clang-analyzer are in HTML and there’s a single file for > each > issue and it generates a nice looking source code with embedded comments > about > which flow that was followed all the way down to the problem. > > > > Why Clang-Analyzer: (Advantages) > > Since its is an open source tool: > > Available to all the developers > > Easy Access, we can run the tool while we compile the code (say $ > scan-build make ) > > No restrictions on Number of Runs per week/day/hour/min .. > > Defects are Identified before submitting a patch, thus very less > chance > of defect injection into project > > > The Html view of clang is very impressive with all the source code including > comments of clang-analyzer, which lead to defect line number directly . > > I have attached a sample clang results for geo-replication module run on > latest 3.7+ glusterfs code, please find them above. > > Thanks for your time. > > Best Regards, > Prasanna Kumar K. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel
