Chapter 4. The Go race detector
Go Toolset includes the Go race detector, which is a tool of the Go standard library for finding race conditions.
Note that the race detector has a significant runtime resource overhead.
4.1. Prerequisites
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Go Toolset is installed.
For more information, see Installing Go Toolset.
4.2. Using the Go race detector
Use the Go race detector to check your code for race conditions.
Procedure
To use the race detector, run:
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8:
$ go build -race -o <output_file> <go_main_package>
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Replace
<output_file>
with the name of your executable file and<go_main_package>
with the name of the package you want to test.
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On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9:
$ go build -race -o <output_file> <go_main_package>
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Replace
<output_file>
with the name of your executable file and<go_main_package>
with the name of the package you want to test.
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