Tip
Although you are ultimately trying to suppress problems, the Intel Inspector vehicle for defining a suppression rule is one or more code locations.
Narrow rules suppress a limited number of relevant problems; wider rules suppress a greater number of relevant problems.
Every rule applied during analysis adds processing time.
The goal: Suppress the greatest number of relevant problems with the fewest number of rules.
To review rules to be applied during analysis, check the Suppressions tab of the Project Properties dialog box.
To apply rules during analysis, select the Apply Suppressions radio button on the Target tab of the Project Properties dialog box.
A code location may be part of multiple problems; therefore, multiple rules may suppress the same code location, or a rule created to suppress one problem may partially impact another problem.
Suppression Rule Example 1
Suppression rule Example1 suppresses any problem where the last-called frame in the stack is in the m.so module.
Suppression = {
Name = "Example1";
Stacks = {
{
mod=m.so;
}
}
}Suppression Rule Example 2
Suppression rule Example2 suppresses any Data race problem with one code location in the a.out module, update_x function and another code location in the a.out module, update_y function.
Suppression = {
Name = "Example2";
Type = { datarace }
Stacks = {
{
mod=a.out, func=update_x;
}
{
mod=a.out, func=update_y;
}
}
}Suppression Rule Example 3
Suppression rule Example3 suppresses any Memory not deallocated problem where the last-called frame in the stack is an Allocation site code location in the my_alloc function from the alloc.c source file.
Suppression = {
Name = "Example3";
Type = { reachable_memory_leak }
Stacks = {
allocation = {
func=my_alloc, src=alloc.c;
}
}
}Suppression Rule Example 4
Suppression rule Example4 suppresses any Uninitialized memory access where the last-called frame in the stack is in the _itoa_word function and the stack path is main calling printf calling vfprintf calling _itoa_word.
Suppression = {
Name = "Example4";
Type = { uninitialized_memory_access }
Stacks = {
{
func=_itoa_word;
func=vfprintf;
func=printf;
func=main;
}
}
}Suppression Rule Example 5
Suppression rule Example5 suppresses any Memory leak problem where the last-called frame in the stack is in the malloc function and the stack path is main calling ccc calling ddd calling malloc, possibly through a series of interim function calls.
Suppression = {
Name = "Example5";
Type = { unreachable_memory_leak }
Stacks = {
{
func=malloc;
...;
func=ddd;
...;
func=ccc;
...;
func=main;
}
}
}