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Valgrind Massif tool output graphical interface?

I'm using Valgrind 3.3.1 with the Massif tool to profile the heap of a C++ application, and I'm wondering if there is a graphical tool to examine the textual outputfile file. Thanks for any suggestion.
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Valgrind's massif tool will not profile my application

I am developing a statically-linked 64-bit C++ application on 64-bit CentOS 5.8 using the standard gcc 4.4 packages from the CentOS repositories. It appears to be using more memory than I expected, so I tried using massif to profile the memory…
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Understanding Linux virtual memory: valgrind's massif output shows major differences with and without --pages-as-heap

I've read the documentation about this parameter, but the difference is really huge! When enabled, the memory usage of a simple program (see below) is about 7 GB and when it's disabled, the reported usage is about 160 KB. top also shows about 7 GB,…
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Heap size for Rust programs very large when measured with valgrind using massif

I'm trying to measure the memory size of a rust program I'm writing. I noticed that when I measure the heap size with the command: valgrind --tool=massif --pages-as-heap=yes ./program And measure using ms_print, that the memory size was quite large…
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What is the difference between 'time -f "%M"' and 'valgrind --tool=massif'?

I want to see the peak memory usage of a command. I have a parametrized algorithm and I want to know when the program will crash due with an out of memory error on my machine (12GB RAM). I tried: /usr/bin/time -f "%M" command valgrind --tool=massif…
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How to use valgrind's massif-out-file option correctly?

When running valgrind --tool=massif benchmark1 --massif-out-file=test.out on MacOS (10.12.6) with version valgrind-3.13.0, output is produced, but only in the default filename format, i.e. massif.out.\d+. No test.out file is generated. Exemplary…
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Building massif-visualizer: include could not find load file CMakeFindDependencyMacro

I am attempting to build massif-visualizer on CentOS 7. Unfortunately I'm having to try to guess at dependencies as they are not all listed in the INSTALL file. So far: yum install git yum install kdelibs-devel extra-cmake-modules \ …
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Valgrind Massif tool force snapshot

I am looking to put something in my code so that I can force a Massif snapshot at certain points of its execution, for example in a server to dump out a massif snapshot to file between requests to see if I am holding onto a lot of memory between…
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localtime_r consuming some memory before program exit

I use valgrind's massif to track memory usage at the last stage before program exit and found js::DateTimeInfo::updateTimeZoneAdjustment() (DateTime.cpp:19) which is calling localtime_r and consuming some memory. 16 ComputeLocalTime(time_t local,…
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Using massif on process which is "killed 9"

I'm trying to do a memory profiling for a program which consumes too much memory and gets killed by OS (FreeBSD) with 9 signal. That happens on some specific data, so profiling it on another (e.g. smaller) data set would not give much help. When…
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Why memory profiler doesn't show all the used memory?

When I am starting my application under valgrind with massif option I see 52.6 MiB peak usage. But htop says the process took 875MB of RES memory. The same behavior has heaptrack. Does anyone know why profiler doesn't report where 800+MB gone?
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examining virtual memory block reported by pmap

I am seeing a leak in my program. It does not get caught with "valgrind memcheck" ( I confirmed this with summary report, it was no were near the top usage I can see). I could get something closer to my memory usage upon using "valgrind massif…
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Can massif dump log incrementally

I use the command valgrind --tool=massif --threshold=1 The command only generates a massif.out. file after I close the test program. Is there a way to let massif dump the file incrementally during the test program runs?
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Why is there differenece between Valgrind-Massif and TOPs memory consumption?

I want to measure the memory consumption of a program in linux ubuntu. I compared the two tools: Valgrind Massif and TOP. For some reason, I got different results even when I used "--pages-as-heap=yes" to show all the memory. I compiled the…
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Using the valgrind massif tool, Result file not created

I have been following this tutorial for reference: http://valgrind.org/docs/manual/ms-manual.html When I am using it to profile my Application Using the command: valgrind --tool=massif --time-unit=B ./run.o It finishes but does not produce any…
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