Use addr2line as a fallback for stacktraces when backtrace is not available

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12d1189..868e384 100644 (file)
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -253,22 +253,31 @@ endif()
 # Usable components: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_65_1/doc/html/stacktrace/configuration_and_build.html
 set(_Boost_STACKTRACE_HEADERS           "boost/stacktrace.hpp")
 set(_Boost_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE_HEADERS "boost/stacktrace.hpp")
+set(_Boost_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE_HEADERS "boost/stacktrace.hpp")
 
 if(minimal_java) # When we want a minimal jarfile, don't even search for boost optional components
   message(STATUS "Don't even look for boost optional components, as we build a minimal jar file")
 else()
-  find_package(Boost 1.59 COMPONENTS context stacktrace_backtrace)
+  find_package(Boost 1.59 COMPONENTS context stacktrace_backtrace stacktrace_addr2line)
   set(Boost_FOUND 1) # These components are optionals
   message(STATUS "Mandatory components found. SimGrid is compilable.")
   message(STATUS "Looking for optional Boost components:")
 
   if (Boost_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE_FOUND)
-    message (STATUS "  stacktrace: found. Activating human-readable stack traces.")
-    set(HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE 1)
+    message (STATUS "  stacktrace: found the fast 'backtrace' implementation. Activating human-readable stack traces.")
+    set(HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE 1)
     set(SIMGRID_DEP "${SIMGRID_DEP} -lboost_stacktrace_backtrace")
   else()
-    message (STATUS "  stacktrace: MISSING. Install libboost-stacktrace-dev to display the stacktraces.")
-    set(HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE 0)
+    set(HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE 0)
+    
+    if (Boost_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE_FOUND)
+      message (STATUS "  stacktrace: found the slow 'addr2line' implementation. Activating human-readable stack traces.")
+      set(HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE 1)
+      set(SIMGRID_DEP "${SIMGRID_DEP} -lboost_stacktrace_addr2line")
+    else()
+      message (STATUS "  stacktrace: MISSING. Install libboost-stacktrace-dev to display the stacktraces.")
+      set(HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE 0)
+    endif()
   endif()
 
   if(Boost_CONTEXT_FOUND)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 91fbb8c..7dd1b9a 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SimGrid (3.23) NOT RELEASED (Release Target: June 21. 2019, 15:54 UTC)
 
 General:
  - Stop setting random seed with srand48() at initialization.
+ - Use addr2line as a fallback for stacktraces when backtrace is not available.
 
 XBT:
  - New log appenders: stdout and stderr. Use stdout for xbt_help.

diff --git a/src/internal_config.h.in b/src/internal_config.h.in
index 8541070..f6e6193 100644 (file)
--- a/src/internal_config.h.in
+++ b/src/internal_config.h.in
@@ -99,4 +99,5 @@
 /* The lib unwind library (for MC and backtrace display) */
 #cmakedefine01 HAVE_LIBUNWIND
 /* The boost_stacktrace_backtrace library */
-#cmakedefine01 HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE
+#cmakedefine01 HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE /* prefered */
+#cmakedefine01 HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE /* fallback */

diff --git a/src/mc/remote/RemoteClient.cpp b/src/mc/remote/RemoteClient.cpp
index 4763c9e..3dea617 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mc/remote/RemoteClient.cpp
+++ b/src/mc/remote/RemoteClient.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static const std::vector<std::string> filtered_libraries = {
     "libboost_chrono",
     "libboost_context",
     "libboost_context-mt",
+    "libboost_stacktrace_addr2line",
     "libboost_stacktrace_backtrace",
     "libboost_system",
     "libboost_thread",

diff --git a/src/xbt/backtrace.cpp b/src/xbt/backtrace.cpp
index 837062a..a7c8585 100644 (file)
--- a/src/xbt/backtrace.cpp
+++ b/src/xbt/backtrace.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
 #include <cxxabi.h>
 #endif
 
-#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE
+#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE
 #define BOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_BACKTRACE
 #include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
+#elif HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE
+#define BOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_ADDR2LINE
+#include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
 #endif
 
 XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(xbt_backtrace, xbt, "Backtrace");
@@ -71,14 +74,14 @@ public:
       return false;
     }
   }
-#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE
+#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE || HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE
   boost::stacktrace::stacktrace st;
 #endif
 };
 
 Backtrace::Backtrace()
 {
-#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE
+#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE || HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE
   impl_     = new BacktraceImpl();
   impl_->st = boost::stacktrace::stacktrace();
 #endif
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ std::string const Backtrace::resolve() const
 {
   std::string result("");
 
-#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE
+#if HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE || HAVE_BOOST_STACKTRACE_ADDR2LINE
   std::stringstream ss;
   ss << impl_->st;
   result.append(ss.str());