debuggers

This policy defines a baseline set of debuggers that can assist the HPC user on what is arguably one of the most difficult tasks in scientific code development – debugging new algorithms.

A baseline set of debuggers has been established and is installed on all HPCMP participating systems to improve efficiency and productivity of the HPC user. These debuggers have been identified by examining what is in use at different centers as well as what can be used across a variety of platforms.

The packages included in the baseline set are:

1. Allinea DDT - The DDT debugger is commercial software. Licenses are available for scalar, multi-threaded, and large-scale parallel applications.
2. GNU Debugger (GDB) – The GDB debugger is freeware offered by the GNU project, covered by the GNU public license.
3. TotalView - The TotalView debugger is commercial software that is a longstanding de-facto standard for debugging in the HPC realm. The GUI interface for TotalView must be operational and accessible from the compute nodes of any allocated system.