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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>The HDF5 library contains a number of debugging features to
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make programmers' lives easier including the ability to print
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detailed error messages, check invariant conditions, display
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timings and other statistics, and trace API function calls and
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return values.
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<dl>
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<dt><b>Error Messages</b>
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<dd>Error messages are normally displayed automatically on the
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standard error stream and include a stack trace of the library
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including file names, line numbers, and function names. The
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application has complete control over how error messages are
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displayed and can disable the display on a permanent or
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temporary basis. Refer to the documentation for the H5E error
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handling package.
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<br><br>
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<dt><b>Invariant Conditions</b>
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<dd>Unless <code>NDEBUG</code> is defined during compiling, the
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library will include code to verify that invariant conditions
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have the expected values. When a problem is detected the
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library will display the file and line number within the
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library and the invariant condition that failed. A core dump
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may be generated for post mortem debugging. The code to
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perform these checks can be included on a per-package bases.
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<br><br>
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<dt><b>Timings and Statistics</b>
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<dd>The library can be configured to accumulate certain
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statistics about things like cache performance, datatype
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conversion, data space conversion, and data filters. The code
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is included on a per-package basis and enabled at runtime by
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an environment variable.
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<br><br>
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<dt><b>API Tracing</b>
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<dd>All API calls made by an application can be displayed and
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include formal argument names and actual values and the
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function return value. This code is also conditionally
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included at compile time and enabled at runtime.
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</dl>
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<p>The statistics and tracing can be displayed on any output
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stream (including streams opened by the shell) with output from
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different packages even going to different streams.
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<h2>Error Messages</h2>
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<p>By default any API function that fails will print an error
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stack to the standard error stream.
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<p><code><pre>
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HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in thread 0. Back trace follows.
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#000: H5F.c line 1245 in H5Fopen(): unable to open file
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major(04): File interface
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minor(10): Unable to open file
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#001: H5F.c line 846 in H5F_open(): file does not exist
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major(04): File interface
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minor(10): Unable to open file
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</code></pre>
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<p>The error handling package (H5E) is described
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<a href="Errors.html">elsewhere</a>.
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<h2>Invariant Conditions</h2>
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<p>To include checks for invariant conditions the library should
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be configured with <code>--disable-production</code>, the
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default for versions before 1.2. The library designers have made
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every attempt to handle error conditions gracefully but an
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invariant condition assertion may fail in certain cases. The
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output from a failure usually looks something like this:
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<p><code><pre>
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Assertion failed: H5.c:123: i<NELMTS(H5_debug_g)
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IOT Trap, core dumped.
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</code></pre>
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<h2>Timings and Statistics</h2>
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<p>Code to accumulate statistics is included at compile time by
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using the <code>--enable-debug</code> configure switch. The
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switch can be followed by an equal sign and a comma-separated
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list of package names or else a default list is used.
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<th>Name</th>
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<td align=center>No</td>
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<td>Attributes</td>
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<td align=center>ac</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Meta data cache</td>
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<td align=center>b</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>B-Trees</td>
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<td align=center>d</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Datasets</td>
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<td align=center>e</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Error handling</td>
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<td align=center>f</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Files</td>
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<td align=center>g</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Groups</td>
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<td align=center>hg</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Global heap</td>
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<td align=center>hl</td>
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<td align=center>No</td>
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<td>Local heaps</td>
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<td align=center>i</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Interface abstraction</td>
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<td align=center>mf</td>
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<td align=center>No</td>
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<td>File memory management</td>
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<td align=center>mm</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Library memory managment</td>
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<td align=center>o</td>
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<td align=center>No</td>
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<td>Object headers and messages</td>
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<td align=center>p</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Property lists</td>
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<td align=center>s</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Data spaces</td>
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<td align=center>t</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Datatypes</td>
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<td align=center>v</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Vectors</td>
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<td align=center>z</td>
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<td align=center>Yes</td>
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<td>Raw data filters</td>
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<p>In addition to including the code at compile time the
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application must enable each package at runtime. This is done
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by listing the package names in the <code>HDF5_DEBUG</code>
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environment variable. That variable may also contain file
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descriptor numbers (the default is `2') which control the output
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for all following packages up to the next file number. The
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word <code>all</code> refers to all packages. Any word my be
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preceded by a minus sign to turn debugging off for the package.
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<p>
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<center>
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<caption align=top><b>Sample debug specifications</b></caption>
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<td><code>all</code></td>
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<td>This causes debugging output from all packages to be
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sent to the standard error stream.</td>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td><code>all -t -s</code></td>
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<td>Debugging output for all packages except datatypes
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and data spaces will appear on the standard error
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stream.</td>
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<tr valign=top>
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<td><code>-all ac 255 t,s</code></td>
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<td>This disables all debugging even if the default was to
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debug something, then output from the meta data cache is
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send to the standard error stream and output from data
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types and spaces is sent to file descriptor 255 which
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should be redirected by the shell.</td>
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</table>
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</center>
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<p>The components of the <code>HDF5_DEBUG</code> value may be
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separated by any non-lowercase letter.
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<h2>API Tracing</h2>
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<p>The HDF5 library can trace API calls by printing the
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function name, the argument names and their values, and the
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return value. Some people like to see lots of output during
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program execution instead of using a good symbolic debugger, and
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this feature is intended for their consumption. For example,
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the output from <code>h5ls foo</code> after turning on tracing,
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includes:
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<code><pre>
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H5Tcopy(type=184549388) = 184549419 (type);
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H5Tcopy(type=184549392) = 184549424 (type);
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H5Tlock(type=184549424) = SUCCEED;
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H5Tcopy(type=184549393) = 184549425 (type);
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H5Tlock(type=184549425) = SUCCEED;
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H5Fopen(filename="foo", flags=0, access=H5P_DEFAULT) = FAIL;
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HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in thread 0. Back trace follows.
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#000: H5F.c line 1245 in H5Fopen(): unable to open file
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major(04): File interface
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minor(10): Unable to open file
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#001: H5F.c line 846 in H5F_open(): file does not exist
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major(04): File interface
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minor(10): Unable to open file
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</pre></code>
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</table>
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</center>
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<p>The code that performs the tracing must be included in the
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library by specifying the <code>--enable-trace</code>
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configuration switch (the default for versions before 1.2). Then
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the word <code>trace</code> must appear in the value of the
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<code>HDF5_DEBUG</code> variable. The output will appear on the
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last file descriptor before the word <code>trace</code> or two
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(standard error) by default.
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<p>
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<center>
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<table border align=center width="100%">
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<td>To display the trace on the standard error stream:
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<code><pre>
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$ env HDF5_DEBUG=trace a.out
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</pre></code>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>To send the trace to a file:
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<code><pre>
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$ env HDF5_DEBUG="55 trace" a.out 55>trace-output
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</pre></code>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</center>
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<h3>Performance</h3>
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<p>If the library was not configured for tracing then there is no
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unnecessary overhead since all tracing code is excluded.
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However, if tracing is enabled but not used there is a small
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penalty. First, code size is larger because of extra
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statically-declared character strings used to store argument
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types and names and extra auto variable pointer in each
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function. Also, execution is slower because each function sets
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and tests a local variable and each API function calls the
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<code>H5_trace()</code> function.
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<p>If tracing is enabled and turned on then the penalties from the
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previous paragraph apply plus the time required to format each
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line of tracing information. There is also an extra call to
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H5_trace() for each API function to print the return value.
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<h3>Safety</h3>
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<p>The tracing mechanism is invoked for each API function before
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arguments are checked for validity. If bad arguments are passed
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to an API function it could result in a segmentation fault.
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However, the tracing output is line-buffered so all previous
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output will appear.
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<h3>Completeness</h3>
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<p>There are two API functions that don't participate in
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tracing. They are <code>H5Eprint()</code> and
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<code>H5Eprint_cb()</code> because their participation would
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mess up output during automatic error reporting.
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<p>On the other hand, a number of API functions are called during
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library initialization and they print tracing information.
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<h3>Implementation</h3>
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<p>For those interested in the implementation here is a
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description. Each API function should have a call to one of the
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<code>H5TRACE()</code> macros immediately after the
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<code>FUNC_ENTER()</code> macro. The first argument is the
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return type encoded as a string. The second argument is the
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types of all the function arguments encoded as a string. The
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remaining arguments are the function arguments. This macro was
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designed to be as terse and unobtrousive as possible.
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<p>In order to keep the <code>H5TRACE()</code> calls synchronized
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with the source code we've written a perl script which gets
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called automatically just before Makefile dependencies are
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calculated for the file. However, this only works when one is
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using GNU make. To reinstrument the tracing explicitly, invoke
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the <code>trace</code> program from the hdf5 bin directory with
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the names of the source files that need to be updated. If any
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file needs to be modified then a backup is created by appending
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a tilde to the file name.
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<p>
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<center>
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<table border align=center width="100%">
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<caption align=top><b>Explicit Instrumentation</b></caption>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<code><pre>
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$ ../bin/trace *.c
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H5E.c: in function `H5Ewalk_cb':
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H5E.c:336: warning: trace info was not inserted
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</pre></code>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</center>
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<p>Note: The warning message is the result of a comment of the
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form <code>/*NO TRACE*/</code> somewhere in the function
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body. Tracing information will not be updated or inserted if
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such a comment exists.
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<p>Error messages have the same format as a compiler so that they
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can be parsed from program development environments like
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Emacs. Any function which generates an error will not be
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modified.</p>
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<a href="RM_H5Front.html">HDF5 Reference Manual</a> <br>
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<a href="http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/UG/index.html">HDF5 User's Guide for Release 1.6</a> <br>
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