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Valgrind 3.3 — Advanced Debugging and Profiling for GNU/Linux applicationsby J. Seward, N. Nethercote, J. Weidendorfer and the Valgrind Development Team Paperback (6"x9"), 164 pages |
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This manual describes how to use Valgrind, an award-winning suite of tools for debugging and profiling GNU/Linux programs.
Valgrind detects memory and threading bugs automatically, avoiding hours of frustrating bug-hunting and making your programs more stable. You can also perform detailed profiling, to speed up your programs and reduce their memory usage.
The Valgrind distribution provides five tools for debugging and profiling: Memcheck (a memory error detector), Cachegrind (a cache profiler), Callgrind (a call-graph profiler, Massif (a heap profiler) and Helgrind (a thread error detector). These tools and their options are described in detail, with practical examples and advice.
Valgrind is free software, available under the GNU General Public License. It runs on X86/Linux, AMD64/Linux, PPC32/Linux and PPC64/Linux systems.
This is a printed edition of the official reference documentation for Valgrind 3.3.0.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The Valgrind Quick Start Guide
- Using and understanding the Valgrind core
- Valgrind core: Advanced Topics
- Memcheck: a heavyweight memory checker
- Cachegrind: a cache and branch profiler
- Callgrind: a call graph profiler
- Massif: a heap profiler
- Helgrind: a thread error detector
- Nulgrind: the null tool
- Lackey: a simple profiler and memory tracer
- Valgrind FAQ
- Callgrind Format Specification
- The Design and Implementation of Valgrind
- Index
Resources
- Valgrind Website
- KCacheGrind - graphical profile visualisation tool
- Online Manual - in HTML format