Re: Spark newbie question

[Chris Pickett <chris.pickett@mail.mcgill.ca>]

Ercasta wrote:
> Hi
> I have a question to ask about Call Graph generation in Soot.
> I have tried building the CallGraph using CallGraphBuilder. As
> already reported by other users on this mailing list, calling "build()"
> from class CallGraphBuilder causes the program to start a very long
> computation, eventually terminating after 10 minutes with a
> "OutOfMemoryException". So I tried using Spark, because someone in this
> mailing list managed to obtain a call graph
> ( http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/listarchives/soot-list/msg01305.html )
> within 10 seconds. This worked for a small class, but then I added a
> Vector variable in one of the methods, and Spark started again with the
> long computation. I tried with "propagator" "none", but this causes all
> virtualinvoke statements to be omitted from the call graph.
> So I'd like to ask you: is there a way to obtain smaller pieces of the
> call graph in a resonable amount of time, without excluding
> virtualinvoke edges? 
> Thanks
>
> Antonio Castaldo D'Ursi

You might simply try:

java -Xmx1000m soot.Main -p cg.spark on -include-all -w --app <Main>

adjusting the 1000m to whatever your machine's memory allows.  This 
gives the JVM more heap space (memory).  Let us know if it works.

Cheers,
Chris