memory leaks

[Grahamo]

Hi,

I'm hoping to get some feedback from users regarding heap analysis
tools available (apart from purify) for leak tracking. I'm working with
a large, already deployed codebase that needs fixing. the problem is
that the compiler in question (borland c++ on windows) doesn't support
purify which is my first choice.

I'd like to know what the best alternatives are. I've heard of
boundschecker, smartheap and such like. Before I try any of them I'd
like to know what products are preferred by users/developers. Any
feedback would be most appreciated.


thanks and have a nice day.

Graham

 

[Niels Dybdahl]

I'm hoping to get some feedback from users regarding heap analysis

tools available (apart from purify) for leak tracking. I'm working with
a large, already deployed codebase that needs fixing. the problem is
that the compiler in question (borland c++ on windows) doesn't support
purify which is my first choice.

I'd like to know what the best alternatives are. I've heard of
boundschecker, smartheap and such like. Before I try any of them I'd
like to know what products are preferred by users/developers. Any
feedback would be most appreciated.

I have been using boundschecker several times, mostly for finding buffer
overflows and dangling pointers and often with good results. The memory leak
functionality seems to be ok, but I have hardly used that part of
Boundschecker.

Niels Dybdahl

 

[Aleksey Loginov]

Hi,

I'm hoping to get some feedback from users regarding heap analysis
tools available (apart from purify) for leak tracking. I'm working with
a large, already deployed codebase that needs fixing. the problem is
that the compiler in question (borland c++ on windows) doesn't support
purify which is my first choice.

if code doesn't use placement new, you can try

void * operator new ( size_t s, const char * file, int line ) {
void * ptr = :perator new(s);
cout << file << ":" << line << ": new " << ptr << endl;
return ptr;
}
void * operator new [] ( size_t s, const char * file, int line ) {
void * ptr = :perator new [] (s);
cout << file << ":" << line << ": new [] " << ptr << endl;
return ptr;
}

void operator delete ( void * ptr, const char * file, int line ) {
cout << file << ":" << line << ": delete " << ptr << endl;
:perator delete (ptr);
}

void operator delete [] ( void * ptr, const char * file, int line ) {
cout << file << ":" << line << ": delete " << ptr << endl;
:perator delete [] (ptr);
}

#define NEW new
#define new NEW (__FILE__,__LINE__)
#define DELETE delete
#define delete(p) operator DELETE ((p),__FILE__,__LINE__)

I'd like to know what the best alternatives are. I've heard of
boundschecker, smartheap and such like. Before I try any of them I'd
like to know what products are preferred by users/developers. Any
feedback would be most appreciated.

don't know