Chapter 4. Go Race Detector

In Go Toolset, the race detector is provided by the go-toolset-1.11-golang-race package. To install the race detector:

yum install go-toolset-1.11-golang-race

# yum install go-toolset-1.11-golang-race

This command installs a variant of the Go standard library with the runtime race detection.

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To use the runtime race detector in a Go project, add the -race option to the go tool commands used when manipulating the project.

For a minimal approach to using the race detector, build the project with the -race option:

Run the resulting executable binary file, and the race detector prints warnings to the standard output when a race is detected.

A detailed description of the Go race detector and its features is beyond the scope of this book. For more information, see the resources listed below.

Online Documentation

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