Intel® Inspector User Guide for Windows* OS

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Date 7/13/2023
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Command Line Output

Output from the Intel Inspectorinspxe-cl command includes the following:

Result Directory

A collect or collect-with action generates a result directory to contain the analysis result.

By default, the result directory name is r@@@{at} where:

  • @@@ - next available number for similarly named result directories in the current working directory. The series begins with 000.

  • {at} - analysis type code. This code represents the analysis type used when the result was created.

For example: r001ti3, where:

  • 001 - next available number

  • ti3 - the selected analysis type (ti stands for "threading error analysis" and 3 indicates that this uses the level 3 setting, which is the highest setting. The ti3 analysis type is known as the Locate Deadlocks and Data Races setting.)

The result directory name may be assigned according to the default naming conventions, or you may use the result-dir option to specify the result directory name during collection. Your specified result directory name can include up to five @ counters, so the result directory can be specified in scripts without having to update the result directory value each time.

By default, result directories are created in the current working directory. If you want to specify an alternative location, use the user-data-dir option to specify the parent directory for result directories. If you use this option during collection, remember to include it for any other actions you might perform on these results, such as generating reports.

CAUTION:

You cannot put multiple results into the same result directory. If you specify the same result directory for multiple analysis runs, an error is returned. Use the auto-increment counter (@@@) to work around this restriction.

Result File

During a collect or collect-with action, the inspxe-cl command tool creates a result directory in which it stores the *.inspxe result file. In addition to analysis data, the result file stores data about the analysis environment, including start time, host machine name, product ID, CPU count, and analysis type used for collection.

The result filename is derived from the result directory name. For example: If the result directory name is r001ti3, the result filename is r001ti3.inspxe.

Summary Output, Log and Errors

At the end of an analysis run, the inspxe-cl command tool also writes the following files to the result directory:

  • inspxe-cl.txt: Summary that includes the total number of problems found and types of problems found.

  • inspxe-cl.log: Information useful to the Intel support team if the inspxe-cl command encounters internal errors

  • The summary is also written to stdout.

  • Internal errors are written to stderr.

Exit Codes

The inspxe-cl command returns the following exit codes:

0

Success and no new problems detected

1

Usage error

2

Internal error

4

Application returned a non-zero exit code

8

At least one new problem detected

12

Application returned a non-zero exit code and at least one new problem detected

NOTE:

Use the return-app-exitcode action-option if you want to return the application exit code instead of the inspxe-cl exit code.

Suppression Files

Suppression files can be created and used in the GUI or on the command line.

  • Suppression files that suppress all problems in the code (suppress-all files) can only be created from the command line.

  • Use the command line to convert third-party suppression files (Purify, Valgrind) to a format that can be used by Intel Inspector.

  • Once created, you can use suppression files when performing analysis or generating reports.

Reports

After collecting a result, you can use the report action to generate one or more types of reports from the result:

  • status: Brief statement of the total number of new problems found, and a breakdown by state.

  • problems: Detailed list of all new problem sets found, including their location in the source code.

  • observations: Detailed list of all code locations in the source code used to form new problem sets.

  • summary: This report is generated automatically in .txt form, but can also be generated on demand. Brief statement of the total number of new problems found, and a breakdown by problem type.

By default, the report is output in text format to stdout.

  • To write a report to a file, use the report-output option when generating the report.
  • To specify CSV or XML format, use the format option.

  • To control how a report displays, you can use the sort-asc, sort-desc and filter-include options.

  • To view a report from a result directory other than the default, use the result-dir option.