RE: how to use valgrind for TAP tests

Hello

On Saturday, December 19, 2020 1:03 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "osumi(dot)takamichi(at)fujitsu(dot)com" <osumi(dot)takamichi(at)fujitsu(dot)com> writes:
> > I have a question about how to execute valgrind with TAP tests in
> > order to check some patches in the community.
> > My main interest is testing src/test/subscription now but is there any
> > general way to do it ?
>
> The standard solution is
>
> (1) Build normally (well, with -DUSE_VALGRIND)
> (2) Move the postgres executable aside, say
> mv src/backend/postgres src/backend/postgres.orig
> (3) Replace the executable with a wrapper script that invokes
> valgrind on the original executable
> (4) Now you can run "make check" with a valgrind'ed server,
> as well as things that depend on "make check", such as TAP tests
>
> The script I use for (3) is attached; adjust paths and options to taste.
Thank you so much.
I couldn't come up with the idea to prepare a wrapper script.
This worked successfully.

Best,
Takamichi Osumi