From: Nick Moffitt nick@zork.net
To: Balug balug-talk@balug.org
Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] Recommendations for a good C memory leak checker?
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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:31:51 -0700

begin David L. Sifry quotation:

> Can anyone recommend a good memory leak checker for Linux/gcc/gdb?
> These are usually implemented as a malloc replacement, but not
> necessarily. I see that there are at least 15 or 20 out there, and
> I was wondering which oine people use and love, has decent support
> for gdb, maybe even does profiling as well, but that's not a
> requirment.
>
> Links appreciated, I will summarize my experiences to the list.

[beaujolais(~)] apt-cache search malloc
ccmalloc - A memory profiler/debugger
dmalloc - Debug memory allocation library (non-threaded)
electric-fence - A malloc(3) debugger
fda - C malloc debug library
gccchecker - Memory access debugger for C language development
libgc6 - Conservative garbage collector for C
libgc6-dev - Conservative garbage collector for C (development)
libleakbug-dev - Development files for GNUpdate leakbug tracer library
libleakbug1 - GNUpdate leakbug tracer library
manpages-nl - Dutch manpages
njamd - Not Just Another Malloc Debugger
kmtrace - a KDE memory leak tracer
libmm11 - Shared memory library
[...libmm duplicates removed...]
valgrind - A memory debugger for x86-linux

Beware of those Dutch manpages, though!

This would probably be a good topic for a Rick Moen
Comprehensive List, since it's one tool that many developers either
pine for or write from scratch for various reasons. Electric Fence is
the most popular, but has its flaws. I know there's a proprietary one
that the Samba team use (Jeremy is a big advocate for it), but I
forget the name.

--
Jack Valenti is to the American film viewer and the American public
as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.
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Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] Recommendations for a good C memory leak checker?
From: "David L. Sifry" david@sifry.com
To: Nick Moffitt nick@zork.net
Cc: Balug balug-talk@balug.org
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Date: 05 Aug 2002 14:52:13 -0700

Thank you Nick, I know of those as well as many others, see
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialSoftwareDevelopment.html
as an example of a more comprehensive list.

What I'm looking for is actual user experience with these (or other)
tools to help me decide what tool is best; a simple triage like that can
save a heck of a lot of time.

Rational Rose is probably the proprietary one you're thinking of...

Dave

Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] Recommendations for a good C memory leak checker?
From: "David L. Sifry" david@sifry.com
To: Marc MERLIN marc@merlins.org
Cc: Nick Moffitt nick@zork.net, Balug balug-talk@balug.org
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Date: 05 Aug 2002 15:01:12 -0700

On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 14:55, Marc MERLIN wrote:

> I think it may have been purify

You're right, Marc, I stand corrected.

Dave