[linuxtools-dev] NullPointerException Issue in linuxtools when using GCo

["Sathish Kumar Balasubramaniam -ERS, HCL Tech" <b-sathishkumar@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

In Windows 10, we installed RSL10 SDK 2.3 (using Eclipse Oxygen.3a - 4.7.3a) with JLink V640b.
When we initiate the Profile Code Coverage after creating a target, it gives a java.lang.NullPointerException.
I tried using -consoleLog and -debug options. I got the following trace

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.eclipse.linuxtools.profiling.ui.CProjectBuildHelpers.isOptionCheckedInCDTTool(CProjectBuildHelpers.java:236)
        at org.eclipse.linuxtools.profiling.ui.CProjectBuildHelpers.isOptionCheckedInCDT(CProjectBuildHelpers.java:214)
        at org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.gcov.launch.GcovLaunchConfigurationDelegate.preRequisiteCheckManagedBuild(GcovLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:148)
        at org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.gcov.launch.GcovLaunchConfigurationDelegate.preRequisiteCheck(GcovLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:116)
        at org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.gcov.launch.GcovLaunchConfigurationDelegate.launch(GcovLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:60)
        at org.eclipse.linuxtools.internal.profiling.launch.provider.launch.ProviderLaunchConfigurationDelegate.launch(ProviderLaunchConfigurationDelegate.java:89)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:885)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.core.LaunchConfiguration.launch(LaunchConfiguration.java:739)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin.buildAndLaunch(DebugUIPlugin.java:1039)
        at org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.DebugUIPlugin$8.run(DebugUIPlugin.java:1256)
        at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:56)

When I checked, got an info that this issue has been fixed in linuxtools 7.x using https://git.eclipse.org/c/linuxtools/org.eclipse.linuxtools.git/commit/?id=01f2ef5496a191e1ebe54a825f41a97889e5b612

But our SDK is still using 4.7.3 in which linuxtools 6.x is used.

Is there any easy way to take only this fix in to 4.7.3 eclipse ?

Thanks,
B.Sathish Kumar
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