Valgrind

Abstract

Valgrind is a system for debugging and profiling x86-Linux programs. The tools that come with Valgrind include two memory error detectors, a thread error detector, and a cache profiler. The Memcheck tool, primarily for C and C++ programs, checks all reads and writes of memory and intercepts all calls to malloc/new/free/delete. As a result, Memcheck can detect use of uninitialized memory, reading or writing inappropriate regions of memory, memory leaks, as well as other memory errors. Memcheck reports errors as they occur and gives the source line number at which an error occurs as well as a stack trace of the functions called to reach that line.

Date Of Information

Tue Dec 04 16:16:15 EST 2007

Documentation

http://valgrind.kde.org/docs.html

Domain

Memory Debugging Tools

Name

Valgrind

Version

3.4.0

Webpage

http://valgrind.kde.org/