PVS-Studio Manual

Contents

• Introduction
• Analyzing projects
  • On Windows
  • On Linux and macOS
• Continuous use of the analyzer in software development
• Deploying the analyzer in cloud Continuous Integration services
• Managing analysis results
• Additional configuration and resolving issues
• Analyzer Diagnostics
• Additional information

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Introduction

• How to enter the PVS-Studio License and what's the next move.
• PVS-Studio's Trial Mode.
• System Requirements.
• Release History.
• Release History for previous versions (before 7.00).

Analyzing projects

• Using PVS-Studio with JetBrains Rider.
• Analyzing Visual Studio / MSBuild / .NET Core projects from the command line using PVS-Studio.
• How to Run PVS-Studio Java.
• PVS-Studio for Embedded Development.

On Windows

• Getting Acquainted with the PVS-Studio Static Code Analyzer on Windows.
• Compiler Monitoring in PVS-Studio.
• Direct integration of the analyzer into build automation systems (C/C++).
• Analysis of Unreal Engine projects.

On Linux and macOS

• PVS-Studio C# installation on Linux and macOS.
• Installing and updating PVS-Studio C++ on Linux.
• Installing and updating PVS-Studio C++ on macOS.
• How to run PVS-Studio C++ on Linux and macOS.

Continuous use of the analyzer in software development

• Running PVS-Studio in Docker.
• Running PVS-Studio in Jenkins.
• Running PVS-Studio in TeamCity.
• PVS-Studio and Continuous Integration.
• PVS-Studio's incremental analysis mode.
• Integration of PVS-Studio analysis results into SonarQube.
• Analyzer Work Statistics (Diagrams).
• Unattended deployment of PVS-Studio.
• Speeding up the analysis of C/C++ code through distributed build systems (IncrediBuild).

Deploying the analyzer in cloud Continuous Integration services

• Using with Travis CI.
• Using with CircleCI.
• Using with GitLab CI/CD.
• Using with Azure DevOps.
• Analyzing commits and Pull Requests.

Managing analysis results

• Mass Suppression of Analyzer Messages (disable generation of analyzer messages for legacy code).
• Handling the diagnostic messages list.
• Suppression of false alarms.
• Converting analysis results (PlogConverter tool).
• Relative paths in PVS-Studio log files.
• Viewing Analysis Results with C and C++ Compiler Monitoring UI.
• Notifying the developer teams (blame-notifier utility).

Additional configuration and resolving issues

• Tips on speeding up PVS-Studio.
• PVS-Studio: Troubleshooting.
• Additional diagnostics configuration.
• Predefined PVS_STUDIO macro.
• PVS-Studio Settings in Visual Studio / C and C++ Compiler Monitoring UI
  • Settings: General.
  • Settings: Common Analyzer Settings.
  • Settings: Detectable Errors.
  • Settings: Don't Check Files.
  • Settings: Keyword Message Filtering.
  • Settings: Registration.
  • Settings: Specific Analyzer Settings.

Analyzer Diagnostics

• PVS-Studio Messages.
  • General Analysis (C++)
  • General Analysis (C#)
  • General Analysis (Java)
  • Diagnosis of micro-optimizations (C++)
  • Diagnosis of 64-bit errors (C++)
  • Customer's Specific Requests (C++)
  • Problems related to code analyzer

Additional information

• Credits and acknowledgements.