clang debug.ViewCFG *** No output file when this command is executed - clang

clang -cc1 -analyze -analyzer-checker=debug.ViewCFG ***.c
I want to use ViewCFG to get a visual image of the CFG, and after executing the above command there is no file output and no error message. But DumpCFG works fine,like this
clang -cc1 -analyze -analyzer-checker=debug.DumpCFG ***.c
How should this problem be solved?

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How to get exploded graph from clang analyzer

I am trying to get exploded graph from one of the debug checkers called
debug.ViewExplodedGraph.
So I run command
clang -cc1 -analyze -analyzer-checker=debug.ViewExplodedGraph someprogram.c
It run successfully, but graph file no where to be found .
Where can we see the generated file?
I guess you should build the clang yourself. Then use the debug mode 'clang', call the command. The system clang is in release mode.
I use the system clang, it outputs nothing. But I use the clang that I build, it output something.
➜ bin ./clang -cc1 -analyze -analyzer-checker=debug.ViewExplodedGraph ~/Desktop/clang_test/test.c
Writing '/var/folders/_6/5wkxc9p92t94vdh0kyq2qyh40000gn/T/ExprEngine-9e6797.dot'... done.
Trying 'open' program... Remember to erase graph file: /var/folders/_6/5wkxc9p92t94vdh0kyq2qyh40000gn/T/ExprEngine-9e6797.dot
Warning: viewing graph requires assertions
➜ bin clang -cc1 -analyze -analyzer-checker=debug.ViewExplodedGraph ~/Desktop/clang_test/test.c
Warning: viewing graph requires assertions
cd to T folder
➜ T dot -Tsvg ExprEngine-9e6797.dot -o ~/Desktop/test.svg
then use chrome open test.svg

Gnucobol compiles .cob to .c failed to pass compiler of clang

I was trying to compile hello.cob to hello.c:
$ ls
hello.cob
$ cobc -x -C hello.cob
$ ls
hello.c hello.c.h hello.c.l.h hello.cob
But clang failed to compile hello.c to executable file:
$ clang hello.c
/tmp/hello-479acf.o: In function `main':
hello.c:(.text+0x1e): undefined reference to `cob_init'
hello.c:(.text+0x2a): undefined reference to `cob_stop_run'
/tmp/hello-479acf.o: In function `sampleCOBOL_':
hello.c:(.text+0x98): undefined reference to `cob_module_global_enter'
hello.c:(.text+0x133): undefined reference to `cob_display'
hello.c:(.text+0x13f): undefined reference to `cob_stop_run'
hello.c:(.text+0x15a): undefined reference to `cob_check_version'
hello.c:(.text+0x33d): undefined reference to `cob_set_cancel'
hello.c:(.text+0x38e): undefined reference to `cob_fatal_error'
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
Here is hello.cob (can be compiled by cobc -x hello.cob):
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. sampleCOBOL.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY "Hello World!".
STOP RUN.
I'm quite sure clang doesn't fail to compile the C source as you don't ave any C compiler warnings or errors.
It cannot link the generated object file because you didn't told clang to link against libcob and there is no "magic" for clang to know where to find its symbols. Adding -lcob to your clang invocation may be enough already.
If you want to know how cobc invokes the compiler/linker add -v to your cobc invocation.
Note: if this version of cobc was built with gcc it defaults to use gcc, too. You can see this with cobc --info which also shows if any of the built-in commands is override by environment variables.
Additional note: cobc does not only call a C compiler/linker, it also generates C code specific for the compiler it was built with. The most important part concerning the C generation is -f[no-]computed-goto, just in case the C compiler complains (which it doesn't in your case).

what are the args that are being passed from clang to llc?

I am working on the llvm project. Recently I tryed to compiler one of my .c files using clang command line into an .s file by using the next command:
clang --target=arch -S -O0 select.c -o select.s
and it crashed in the backend in the function ARCHInstrInfo::storeRegToStackSlot with the backtrace of the stack.
However when I tryed to do it in steps:
clang -O0 -emit-llvm select.c -c -o select.bc
llc -filetype=asm -march=arch ./select.bc -o ./select.s -print-after-all -debug-only isel
it succeeded !! (?)
How can I see how the clang is calling to the backend (llc) ?
I tryed to run the clang with -v flag but it didn't printed how it is calling to the backend...
So the first one that sticks out is that llc defaults to O2 rather than O0 so you might want to look there first.

clang: cancel effect of the -x option for subsequent files

clang has an option, -x, which can be used to specify the language of subsequent source files passed to it. This caused problems when used like this:
clang -x c++ one.cc a.o b.o c.o
clang will try to interpret the object files a.o, b.o, c.o as source code.
Is there a way to cancel the effect of the -x option so I can pass object files on the same command line?
clang -x c++ one.cc SOMEOPTION a.o b.o c.o
What should SOMEOPTION be to allow clang to interpret the .o files as object files?
I need to use this convoluted command line because I am using a system that calls the compiler automatically to compile some code it generates and there are limits to how much it can be hacked.
could you put the arguments the other way 'round
clang a.o b.o c.o -x c++ one.cc
or compile each file and then link them in a later run
clang -x c++ one.cc -o one.cc.o
clang a.o b.o c.o one.cc.o
This is how in my experience it is actualy used.

How to view Clang AST?

I am trying to get hold on Clang. So, I would like to view the AST generated by Clang after parsing the given program. Is it possible to dump AST in .dot or .viz format? Is there any tool out there?
The method with -cc1 invocation will have problem with includes and recognizing C++.
For full-featured parsing, use:
clang -Xclang -ast-dump file.cpp
Clang supports showing the AST with Graphviz's dotty -- you can grab the temporary .dot file generated (name is printed out) to get the graph source.
clang -cc1 -ast-view your_file.c
You can also print to the command line with:
clang -cc1 -ast-dump your_file.c
or:
clang -cc1 -ast-print your_file.c
or in 3.3:
clang -cc1 -ast-dump-xml your_file.c
but this was removed later as pointed by Lukas Kubanek in the comment.
For viewing the AST
clang-check -ast-dump filename.c
For to view the specific functions in a program
clang-check -ast-dump -ast-dump-filter=function_name filename.c
I am using following:
clang my_file.h -I. -Xclang -ast-dump -fsyntax-only -fno-color-diagnostics -Wno-visibility
IMHO This is more suitable for machine parsing.

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