Valgrind
From Linuxintro
With valgrind you can analyze your program's memory behavior.
Example:
You write a short program that has a memory leak:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
void pollute()
{
int* i=new int();
cout << i << " ";
}
int main()
{
{ pollute(); }
}
Compile it
g++ main.cpp
and valgrind it:
valgrind ./a.out ==21506== Memcheck, a memory error detector ==21506== Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. ==21506== Using Valgrind-3.6.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info ==21506== Command: ./a.out ==21506== 0x5936040 ==21506== ==21506== HEAP SUMMARY: ==21506== in use at exit: 4 bytes in 1 blocks ==21506== total heap usage: 1 allocs, 0 frees, 4 bytes allocated ==21506== ==21506== LEAK SUMMARY: ==21506== definitely lost: 4 bytes in 1 blocks ==21506== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==21506== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==21506== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==21506== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==21506== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory ==21506== ==21506== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==21506== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 6 from 6)
