[llvm-dev] bugpoint --tool-args and --safe-tool-args

[David A. Greene via llvm-dev]

Oh yeah, that makes sense.  Thanks!

                          -David

Matthias Braun via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> writes:

> This is what works for me, when I want to reduce an llc failure
> triggering a failure with a "foo bar baz" in the assert message (the
> grep for the error message avoids reducing to an unrelated failure):
>
> $ cat run_llc.sh
> #!/bin/sh
> if ! $HOME/dev/llvm/build/bin/llc "$@" 2>&1 | grep "foo bar baz"; then
> exit 0
> else
> exit $?
> fi
>
> $ PATH=$HOME/path/to/my/llvm/build/bin:$PATH bugpoint -compile-custom -
> compile-command ./run_llc.sh test.ll
>
> - Matthias
>
>     On Jul 31, 2018, at 11:03 AM, Friedman, Eli via llvm-dev
>     <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
>     
>     On 7/31/2018 10:10 AM, David Greene via llvm-dev wrote:
>     
>     I have a failing test and bugpoint would be the perfect tool to
>         help
>         narrow it down.
>         
>         llc is the failing tool. It fails with one set of options and
>         passes
>         with another. I was hoping to use bugpoint like this:
>         
>         bugpoint -safe-llc -run-llc <testcase> -tool-args <failing
>         args> -safe-tool-args <passing args>
>         
>         Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be possible. According to
>         the
>         documentation both -tool-args and -safe-tool-args consume all
>         remaining
>         arguments so bugpoint would never see -safe-tool-args above.
>         
>         I tried it and indeed it looks like -safe-tool-args never
>         makes it to
>         llc.
>         
>         For now I can build another llc which makes <failing args>
>         default and
>         then just use -safe-tool-args above but it's a bit painful.
>         
>         Has anyone tried to use bugpoint like this before? Any tips?
>
>     I've occasionally used shell script wrappers when I couldn't get
>     bugpoint command-line parsing to work the way I wanted it to.
>     
>     Looking at CommandLine.rst, PositionalEatsArgs is supposed to
>     allow specifying something like the command you wrote, but I'm not
>     sure it ever worked correctly; nothing other than bugpoint uses
>     it, as far as I can tell.
>     
>     -Eli
>     
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