Applications for detecting memory leaks

Question

I am seeking for an application that could help me detect memory leaks in my C++ program. I am compiling using g++ over Ubuntu.

Is there such an application found on Ubuntu repository other than Valgrind cause it is not working for my case.

What do you mean with "it is not working". As far as I know it works quite fine with Ubuntu. — exilit, Nov 12 '15 at 21:39
Suspect XY problem. If Valgrind does not run, it's not unlikely that other memory diagnostic tools would also fail. Fix Valgrind. — Martin James, Nov 12 '15 at 21:45
Something like this case: http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/faq.html#faq.crashes — محمد جعفر نعمة, Nov 12 '15 at 21:46
@MartinJames, I expect that you are right. I just want to make sure — محمد جعفر نعمة, Nov 12 '15 at 21:46

Mauri · Answer 1 · 2015-11-12T21:43:04.647

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four detecting memory leaks under linux you can use valgrind.

look at this link it contains some examples

Instead of valgrind you can use addresssanitizer.

edited Nov 12 '15 at 21:43

answered Nov 12 '15 at 21:27

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Thank you dear, but I already mentioned that Valgrind didn't work for my case. – محمد جعفر نعمة Nov 12 '15 at 21:34
oh sorry! did you try addresssanitizer – Mauri Nov 12 '15 at 21:38
Not yet, I will try it now – محمد جعفر نعمة Nov 12 '15 at 21:42

exilit · Answer 2 · 2015-11-12T21:36:34.653

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There are so many options.

But a typical one for linux systems would be valgrind. It is a dynamic memory analyzer.

It is very easy to use. The basic idea is that you call valgrind and let it fork the application to be debugged. Valgrind replaces standard library calls with some own wrappers, which allows it to track memory allocations and deallocations. If the application cancels you get an summary about your memory consumption and detailed listing about memory leaks.

Maybe you should note that a complex application could take some time to start up inside the memory debugger and could also run very slowly.

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answered Nov 12 '15 at 21:28

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Thank you dear, but I already mentioned that Valgrind didn't work for my case – محمد جعفر نعمة Nov 12 '15 at 21:34

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 12 '15 at 21:16

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Use ld_preload. Something like this:

https://github.com/jrfonseca/memtrail

answered Nov 12 '15 at 21:16

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Thank you dear, but I already mentioned that I want an application that is found in Ubuntu repository. – محمد جعفر نعمة Nov 12 '15 at 21:35
@Mohamad-jaafar It is included in the default Ubuntu packages. – exilit Nov 12 '15 at 21:37
Sorry, i didn't find it even in searching apt-cache – محمد جعفر نعمة Nov 12 '15 at 21:44
I can't find any package for it, so doing it yourself is very easy. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/18455795/308421 – liorda Nov 15 '15 at 17:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '15 at 22:26

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Maybe this wikipage looks useful for you:

Memory_debugger

I never use this kind of program before, and I have Windows, so i don't know which is good, but maybe you found one.

answered Nov 12 '15 at 22:26

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Ok I will check them, thank you. – محمد جعفر نعمة Nov 12 '15 at 23:06

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