On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 15:49, Brian Paul wrote:
> When a program segfaults in free(), it's usually because of a memory
> error (writing out of bounds, bouble-freeing a block, etc.).
>
> valgrind will easily find such errors. Once you have it
> built/installed, just run 'valgrind myApplication' and see what's
> printed out.
>
> -Brian
sorry: wrong txt, now the correct one (I hope)
seems that I don't have any ~/.valgrindrc
have someone one example of this file ?
--
S�rgio M. B.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/noip-2.1.1#valgrind foobillard
usage: valgrind --tool=<toolname> [options] prog-and-args
common user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]:
--tool=<name> Use the Valgrind tool named <name>
--help show this message
--help-debug show this message, plus debugging options
--version show version
-q --quiet run silently; only print error msgs
-v --verbose be more verbose, incl counts of errors
--trace-children=no|yes Valgrind-ise child processes? [no]
--track-fds=no|yes Track open file descriptors? [no]
uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools:
--run-libc-freeres=no|yes Free up glibc memory at exit? [yes]
--weird-hacks=hack1,hack2,... [none]
recognised hacks are: ioctl-VTIME truncate-writes lax-ioctls
--signal-polltime=<time> time, in mS, we should poll for signals.
Only applies for older kernels which need
signal routing [50]
--lowlat-signals=no|yes improve wake-up latency when a thread receives
a signal [no]
--lowlat-syscalls=no|yes improve wake-up latency when a thread's
syscall completes [no]
--pointercheck=no|yes enforce client address space limits [yes]
user options for Valgrind tools that report errors:
--logfile-fd=<number> file descriptor for messages [2=stderr]
--logfile=<file> log messages to <file>.pid<pid>
--logsocket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port
--demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes]
--num-callers=<number> show <num> callers in stack traces [4]
--error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes]
--show-below-main=no|yes continue stack traces below main() [no]
--suppressions=<filename> suppress errors described in <filename>
--gen-suppressions=no|yes print suppressions for errors detected [no]
--db-attach=no|yes start debugger when errors detected? [no]
--db-command=<command> command to start debugger [gdb -nw %f %p]
--input-fd=<number> file descriptor for input [0=stdin]
Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc
Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Julian Seward
and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: valgrind.kde.org.
Tools are copyright and licensed by their authors. See each
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