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Valgrind

Resources

Memcheck

Detect common memory faults in a program?

Valgrind is capable of checking for memory leaks on a binary file.

gcc -o program main.c
valgrind ./program

To have a better output from Valgrind, compile with debug info:

gcc -o program main.c -g3
valgrind ./program

Resources

  • YouTube: C++ Weekly - Ep 86 - Valgrind

References

Trace the origin of variables causing memory leaks? 
valgrind --track-origins ./program

Resources

  • YouTube: C++ Weekly - Ep 86 - Valgrind

References

Fully check for memory leak of a program? 
valgrind --leak-check full ./program

Resources

  • YouTube: Detecting Memory Leaks With Valgrind

References

Helgrind

Callgrind

Count the number of instructions used in a program?

Description

valgrind --tool callgrind ./program

Resources

  • YouTube: C++ Weekly - Ep 86 - Valgrind

References

Use interactive control to use callgrind dump file?

Description





Resources


    

  • YouTube: C++ Weekly - Ep 86 - Valgrind
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References







Use a user interface to interactively control the use of callgrind dump file?



kcachegrind callgrind-dump.out.123




Resources


    

  • YouTube: C++ Weekly - Ep 86 - Valgrind
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References






Cachegrind


Running with GDB



Attach gdb remote session to valgrind?



Description


gdb ./program
(gdb) set remote exec-file ./program
(gdb) set sysroot /
(gdb) target extended-remote | vgdb --multi --vargs -q
(gdb) start
(gdb) help valgrind
(gdb) help memcheck
(gdb) help helgrind




Resources


    

  • YouTube: Debugging memory issues with Valgrind and GDB - DevConf.CZ 2023
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References