[v10,1/4] Enable ASan for memory detector on DPDK

  From: Zhihong Peng <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>

`AddressSanitizer
<https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer>` (ASan)
is a widely-used debugging tool to detect memory access errors.
It helps detect issues like use-after-free, various kinds of buffer
overruns in C/C++ programs, and other similar errors, as well as
printing out detailed debug information whenever an error is detected.

We can enable ASan by adding below compilation options:
-Dbuildtype=debug -Db_lundef=false -Db_sanitize=address
"-Dbuildtype=debug": This is a non-essential option. When this option
is added, if a memory error occurs, ASan can clearly show where the
code is wrong.
"-Db_lundef=false": When use clang to compile DPDK, this option must
be added.

Signed-off-by: Xueqin Lin <xueqin.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhihong Peng <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>
---
v7: 1) Split doc and code into two.
    2) Modify asan.rst doc
v8: No change.
v9: 1) Add the check of libasan library.
    2) Add release notes.
v10:1) Split doc and code into two.
    2) Meson supports asan.
---
 config/meson.build                     | 16 ++++++++++++
 devtools/words-case.txt                |  1 +
 doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst         | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst        |  1 +
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst |  9 +++++++
 5 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peng, ZhihongX <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 11:11 PM
> To: david.marchand@redhat.com; Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Ananyev, Konstantin
> <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>; stephen@networkplumber.org;
> Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Lin, Xueqin <xueqin.lin@intel.com>; Peng, ZhihongX
> <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v10 1/4] Enable ASan for memory detector on DPDK
> 
> From: Zhihong Peng <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>
> 
> `AddressSanitizer
> <https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer>` (ASan) is a
> widely-used debugging tool to detect memory access errors.
> It helps detect issues like use-after-free, various kinds of buffer overruns in
> C/C++ programs, and other similar errors, as well as printing out detailed
> debug information whenever an error is detected.
> 
> We can enable ASan by adding below compilation options:
> -Dbuildtype=debug -Db_lundef=false -Db_sanitize=address
> "-Dbuildtype=debug": This is a non-essential option. When this option is
> added, if a memory error occurs, ASan can clearly show where the code is
> wrong.
> "-Db_lundef=false": When use clang to compile DPDK, this option must be
> added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xueqin Lin <xueqin.lin@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhihong Peng <zhihongx.peng@intel.com>
> ---
> v7: 1) Split doc and code into two.
>     2) Modify asan.rst doc
> v8: No change.
> v9: 1) Add the check of libasan library.
>     2) Add release notes.
> v10:1) Split doc and code into two.
>     2) Meson supports asan.
> ---
>  config/meson.build                     | 16 ++++++++++++
>  devtools/words-case.txt                |  1 +
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst         | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst        |  1 +
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst |  9 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst
> 
> diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build index
> 4cdf589e20..a7b71581dd 100644
> --- a/config/meson.build
> +++ b/config/meson.build
> @@ -411,6 +411,22 @@ if get_option('b_lto')
>      endif
>  endif
> 
> +if get_option('b_sanitize') == 'address' or get_option('b_sanitize') ==
> 'address,undefined'
> +    if is_windows
> +        error('ASan is not supported on windows')
> +    endif
> +
> +    if cc.get_id() == 'gcc'
> +        asan_dep = cc.find_library('asan', required: true)
> +        if (not cc.links('int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return 0; }',
> +                dependencies: asan_dep))
> +            error('broken dependency, "libasan"')
> +        endif
> +        add_project_link_arguments('-lasan', language: 'c')
> +        dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-lasan'
> +    endif
> +endif
> +
>  if get_option('default_library') == 'both'
>      error( '''
>   Unsupported value "both" for "default_library" option.
> diff --git a/devtools/words-case.txt b/devtools/words-case.txt index
> 0bbad48626..ada6910fa0 100644
> --- a/devtools/words-case.txt
> +++ b/devtools/words-case.txt
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ API
>  Arm
>  armv7
>  armv8
> +ASan
>  BAR
>  CRC
>  DCB
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst new file mode 100644 index
> 0000000000..b732288af3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/asan.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
> +.. Copyright (c) <2021>, Intel Corporation
> +   All rights reserved.
> +
> +Memory error detect standard tool - AddressSanitizer(ASan)
> +=========================================================
> =
> +
> +`AddressSanitizer
> +<https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer>` (ASan) is
> +a widely-used debugging tool to detect memory access errors.
> +It helps detect issues like use-after-free, various kinds of buffer
> +overruns in C/C++ programs, and other similar errors, as well as
> +printing out detailed debug information whenever an error is detected.
> +
> +AddressSanitizer is a part of LLVM (3.1+) and GCC (4.8+).
> +
> +Usage
> +-----
> +
> +meson build
> +^^^^^^^^^^^
> +
> +To enable ASan in meson build system, use following meson build
> command:
> +
> +Example usage::
> +
> + gcc :  meson build -Dbuildtype=debug -Db_sanitize=address
> +        ninja -C build
> + clang: meson build -Dbuildtype=debug -Db_lundef=false -
> Db_sanitize=address
> +        ninja -C build
> +
> +.. Note::
> +
> +  a) DPDK test has been completed in ubuntu18.04/ubuntu20.04/redhat8.3.
> To compile with gcc in
> +     centos, libasan needs to be installed separately.
> +  b) If the program uses cmdline, when a memory bug occurs, need to
> execute the "stty echo" command.
> diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
> b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst index 2dce507f46..df8a4b93e1 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
> @@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ Programmer's Guide
>      lto
>      profile_app
>      glossary
> +    asan
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> index 4c56cdfeaa..b6c4174dc6 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
> @@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ New Features
>    * Added tests to verify tunnel header verification in IPsec inbound.
>    * Added tests to verify inner checksum.
> 
> +* **Enable ASan for memory detector on DPDK.**
> +
> +  `AddressSanitizer
> +  <https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer>` (ASan)
> + is a widely-used debugging tool to detect memory access errors.
> +  It helps detect issues like use-after-free, various kinds of buffer
> + overruns in C/C++ programs, and other similar errors, as well as
> + printing out detailed debug information whenever an error is detected.
> +
> 
>  Removed Items
>  -------------
> --
> 2.25.1

Hi, David

I have compiled passed on the x86/arm/ppc platforms, directory targets  as below :
build-arm64-bluefield  build-arm64-host-clang  build-clang-shared  build-gcc-shared  build-ppc64le-power8
build-arm64-dpaa build-arm64-octeontx2   build-clang-static  build-gcc-static  build-x86-generic

We do not support the windows platform due to standard google document(https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer)
also not support this.
We also sent our cross-compilation log to you in an other email. Passed to run unit test  for dpdk-testpmd simple on x86 platform.
What else is blocking the process ? 
What's any action we should do for the code merge? High appreciate for your check and feedback.

Thanks!