I am verifying an application coded in c++ with memory leak and need a utility (freeware) I can easily run to detect where it is ocurring. any ideas?
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On the following platforms,
x86/Linux: support is mature and almost complete.
AMD64/Linux: support is mature and almost complete.
PPC32/Linux: support is new but fairly complete.
PPC64/Linux: support is new but fairly complete.
x86/Darwin (Mac OS X): support is new.
AMD64/Darwin (Mac OS X): not officially supported, but probably works.
I'd recommend Valgrind
If you're using Visual Studio, this link has some info.
If you're using Windows, and not Visual Studio, then this SO page has a lot of suggestions - and then this question should be closed :)
Jacob
2009-11-12 04:28:48
Thank you Jacob :)
nanay
2009-11-12 04:41:19
No probs, and welcome to SO :)
Jacob
2009-11-12 04:48:24
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The answer depends on OS you are using. On Windows there is a very good free tool — the user-mode dump heap (UMDH) utility.
Kirill V. Lyadvinsky
2009-11-12 05:30:03
Since I discovered this utility on SO, it is my first port of call. I use it before boundschecker and purify. I find it of most use in transactional parts of the system. EG take snap shot, perform transaction, take a new snap shot and compare to find leaks in the transaction processing. For this work flow there is no better tool on windows.
iain
2009-11-12 09:10:06