From: pmscott@dera.gov.uk (Paul Scott)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Memory Leaks
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 06:38:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn84d0ri.s9.pmscott@toilet.dera.gov.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrn83tgan.m3r.phil+s3@shell3.ba.best.com>
Philip Brown wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:31:07 +0200, jhm@cistron.nl wrote:
>>Fred Wan <a.wan@cable.A2000.nl> wrote:
>>>Does anyone know if there are possibilities of tracing memory leaks with
>>>gdb (xxgdb)?
>>
>>There are numerous tools that can be used with gcc + gdb; see
>> http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/zorn/public_html/MallocDebug.html . There's
>>even a gcc modified for leak tracking called "Checker" (I think it has a
>>homepage on www.gnu.org), but I don't know how mature it is.
>
>fairly UNmature.
>For example, you can't even use it on X executables.
>
You can also use insure++ (a commercial package). Quite pricey for Sun's and
the like, but I believe a free 'lite' version is available when you buy the
official RedHat Linux CD set (it's on the Applications CD).
--
Paul Scott
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From: pmscott@dera.gov.uk (Paul Scott)
To: help-gcc@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Memory Leaks
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn84d0ri.s9.pmscott@toilet.dera.gov.uk> (raw)
Message-ID: <19991231222400.Cx58A04sips5Nexy4jtbq2-6gHdrXgyJ8aVuJFmU9wE@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrn83tgan.m3r.phil+s3@shell3.ba.best.com>
Philip Brown wrote:
>On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 22:31:07 +0200, jhm@cistron.nl wrote:
>>Fred Wan <a.wan@cable.A2000.nl> wrote:
>>>Does anyone know if there are possibilities of tracing memory leaks with
>>>gdb (xxgdb)?
>>
>>There are numerous tools that can be used with gcc + gdb; see
>> http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/zorn/public_html/MallocDebug.html . There's
>>even a gcc modified for leak tracking called "Checker" (I think it has a
>>homepage on www.gnu.org), but I don't know how mature it is.
>
>fairly UNmature.
>For example, you can't even use it on X executables.
>
You can also use insure++ (a commercial package). Quite pricey for Sun's and
the like, but I believe a free 'lite' version is available when you buy the
official RedHat Linux CD set (it's on the Applications CD).
--
Paul Scott
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-12-02 6:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <383536D0.C1DA51E8@cable.A2000.nl>
[not found] ` <rmcc18.vu6.ln@127.0.0.1>
1999-11-26 9:30 ` Philip Brown
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Philip Brown
1999-12-02 6:38 ` Paul Scott [this message]
1999-12-31 22:24 ` Paul Scott
1999-11-28 21:07 ` Greg Newby
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Greg Newby
1999-11-19 5:09 Fred Wan
1999-11-19 13:02 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
1999-11-30 23:28 ` Fred Wan
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