Memory Leak Detection

[Winbatch]

Is there a free or shareware tool to detect memory leaks in C++ programs?
I've done a variety of google searches but either came up with commercial
products or ones I could not get to detect blatantly leaking code.

[rajkumar@hotmail.com]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

Depends on OS

for linux you can try

http://sourceforge.net/projects/valgrind/

[rajkumar@hotmail.com]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

Depends on OS

for linux you can try

http://sourceforge.net/projects/valgrind/

[Winbatch]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

For Sun Solaris.
<rajkumar@hotma il.com> wrote in message
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> Depends on OS
>
> for linux you can try
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/valgrind/
>[/color]

[Markus Elfring]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

> Is there a free or shareware tool to detect memory leaks in C++ programs?

Is a software that fits to your needs listed in this article?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_debugger

Regards,
Markus

[Winbatch]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

These appear to be either for C ( to detect malloc) or java , or bad
links...
"Markus Elfring" <Markus.Elfring @web.de> wrote in message
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>> Is there a free or shareware tool to detect memory leaks in C++ programs?[/color]
>
> Is a software that fits to your needs listed in this article?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_debugger
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
>[/color]

[E. Mark Ping]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

In article <DZTSd.11318$53 4.1031@twister. nyc.rr.com>,
Winbatch <winbatch@techi e.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>Is there a free or shareware tool to detect memory leaks in C++ programs?
>I've done a variety of google searches but either came up with commercial
>products or ones I could not get to detect blatantly leaking code.[/color]

The Boehm Collector is free, and can be used to detect leaks.

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/

--
Mark Ping
emarkp@soda.CSU A.Berkeley.EDU

[Winbatch]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

This also appears to be C (malloc/free) related based on this:

Using the Garbage Collector as Leak Detector
The garbage collector may be used as a leak detector. In this case, the
primary function of the collector is to report objects that were allocated
(typically with GC_MALLOC), not deallocated (normally with GC_FREE), but are
no longer accessible


"E. Mark Ping" <emarkp@soda.cs ua.berkeley.edu > wrote in message
news:cvjasv$1ne 3$1@agate.berke ley.edu...[color=blue]
> In article <DZTSd.11318$53 4.1031@twister. nyc.rr.com>,
> Winbatch <winbatch@techi e.com> wrote:[color=green]
>>Is there a free or shareware tool to detect memory leaks in C++ programs?
>>I've done a variety of google searches but either came up with commercial
>>products or ones I could not get to detect blatantly leaking code.[/color]
>
> The Boehm Collector is free, and can be used to detect leaks.
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
> --
> Mark Ping
> emarkp@soda.CSU A.Berkeley.EDU[/color]

[E. Mark Ping]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

In article <EmaTd.11405$53 4.8522@twister. nyc.rr.com>,
Winbatch <winbatch@techi e.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>This also appears to be C (malloc/free) related based on this:
>
>Using the Garbage Collector as Leak Detector
>The garbage collector may be used as a leak detector. In this case, the
>primary function of the collector is to report objects that were allocated
>(typically with GC_MALLOC), not deallocated (normally with GC_FREE), but are
>no longer accessible[/color]

It's both C and C++ compatible. It's a widely known GC implementation
for C and C++. Use it or not, I really don't care.
--
Mark Ping
emarkp@soda.CSU A.Berkeley.EDU

[Winbatch]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

All I was asking is if it would detect 'new' and 'delete' bugs and not just
malloc and free. ( I only use new and delete).
"E. Mark Ping" <emarkp@soda.cs ua.berkeley.edu > wrote in message
news:cvjo93$1rc b$1@agate.berke ley.edu...[color=blue]
> In article <EmaTd.11405$53 4.8522@twister. nyc.rr.com>,
> Winbatch <winbatch@techi e.com> wrote:[color=green]
>>This also appears to be C (malloc/free) related based on this:
>>
>>Using the Garbage Collector as Leak Detector
>>The garbage collector may be used as a leak detector. In this case, the
>>primary function of the collector is to report objects that were allocated
>>(typically with GC_MALLOC), not deallocated (normally with GC_FREE), but
>>are
>>no longer accessible[/color]
>
> It's both C and C++ compatible. It's a widely known GC implementation
> for C and C++. Use it or not, I really don't care.
> --
> Mark Ping
> emarkp@soda.CSU A.Berkeley.EDU[/color]

[Raymond Martineau]

Re: Memory Leak Detection

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:51:47 GMT, "Winbatch" <winbatch@techi e.com> wrote:
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>Is there a free or shareware tool to detect memory leaks in C++ programs?
>I've done a variety of google searches but either came up with commercial
>products or ones I could not get to detect blatantly leaking code.
>[/color]

There was an posting in clc++.moderated about a memory leak detector and
how to write one yourself (or at least adapt a detector to handle the new
and delete operators). The only problem is that it relies on macros, which
can interfere with programs using the placement new and delete operators.

http://wyw.dcweb.cn/leakage.htm