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+oom_dump extracts useful information from Google Chrome OOM minidumps. |
Mark Mentovai
2010/08/16 20:56:43
Extra space in "OOM minidumps."
antonm
2010/08/17 13:13:19
Done.
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+To build one needs a google-breakpad checkout |
+(http://code.google.com/p/google-breakpad/). |
+ |
+First, one needs to build and install breakpad itself. For instructions |
+check google-breakpad, but currently it's as easy as: |
+ |
+ ./configure |
+ make |
+ sudo make install |
+ |
+(the catch: breakpad installs .so into /usr/local/lib, so you might |
+need some additional tweaking to make it discoverable, for example, |
+put a soft link into /usr/lib directory). |
+ |
+Next step is to build v8. Note: you should build x64 version of v8, |
+if you're on 64-bit platform, otherwise you would get link error when |
Mark Mentovai
2010/08/16 20:56:43
link error -> a link error
antonm
2010/08/17 13:13:19
Done.
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+building oom_dump. |
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+The last step is to build oom_dump itself. The following command should work: |
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+ cd <v8 working copy>/tools/oom_dump |
+ scons BREAKPAD_DIR=<path to google-breakpad working copy> |
+ |
+(Additionally you can control v8 working copy dir, but default---../..--- |
Mark Mentovai
2010/08/16 20:56:43
Confusing!
antonm
2010/08/17 13:13:19
Just simplified it. Is it fine now?
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+should work just fine). |
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+If everything goes fine, oom_dump <path to minidump> should print |
+some useful information about OOM crash. |
Mark Mentovai
2010/08/16 20:56:43
about (the||an) OOM crash.
antonm
2010/08/17 13:13:19
Done.
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