Specify gcc -pg option for catkin?

asked 2017-05-19 23:55:58 -0500

deedub
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Hi all,

I am working on a project to do some performance profiling on amcl. To do this, I want to use gprof. To use gprof, I need to compile amcl with the -pg option for gcc. How can I do this in the catkin environment? Is this the right approach?

Bonus question: I don't really want to profile all of the navigation package, only amcl. How can I break amcl out of the navigation package so that I am only profiling amcl?

thanks in advance!

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answered 2017-05-24 12:15:25 -0500

paulbovbel

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The preferred approach is to modify the package's CMakeLists.txt to change the compile options:

set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS "-pg")

This will modify the compile options for the whole package, but won't bleed into other packages accidentally due to cmake include.

There's also ways to modify compile options per target (so just for one library or executable), see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2...

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Thanks very much for your answer. Just to clarify, this is preferable specifically because it won't bleed into other packages accidentally?

deedub ( 2017-05-24 15:40:05 -0500 )edit

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Correct. catkin_make will actually magically combine all your package cmakes into one. catkin_make_isolated or the very awesome catkin-tools will properly isolate packages, making set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ...) slightly more tenable.

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answered 2017-05-21 19:42:56 -0500

allenh1

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You can simply add it to the CMakeLists.txtfile.

set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pg")
set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pg")

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I used this snippet on the amcl/CMakeLists.txt file and it worked perfectly. Thanks!

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answered 2020-10-08 03:59:33 -0500

AlexisTM
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updated 2020-10-08 04:00:13 -0500

Another way to run it over the whole workspace without changing the CMakeLists.txt is to use command-line arguments:

catkin build  --cmake-args -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-pg" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-pg" --

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