valgrind
Wrapper for a set of expert tools for profiling, optimizing and debugging programs. Commonly used tools includememcheck
,cachegrind
,callgrind
,massif
,helgrind
, anddrd
. More information: http://www.valgrind.org.
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Use the (default) Memcheck tool to show a diagnostic of memory usage by
program
:
valgrind {{program}}
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Use Memcheck to report all possible memory leaks of
program
in full detail:
valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all {{program}}
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Use the Cachegrind tool to profile and log CPU cache operations of
program
:
valgrind --tool=cachegrind {{program}}
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Use the Massif tool to profile and log heap memory and stack usage of
program
:
valgrind --tool=massif --stacks=yes {{program}}
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