usage: valgrind --tool=<toolname> [options] prog-and-args | |
common user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]: | |
--tool=<name> use the Valgrind tool named <name> [memcheck] | |
-h --help show this message | |
--help-debug show this message, plus debugging options | |
--version show version | |
-q --quiet run silently; only print error msgs | |
-v --verbose be more verbose, incl counts of errors | |
--trace-children=no|yes Valgrind-ise child processes? [no] | |
--track-fds=no|yes track open file descriptors? [no] | |
--time-stamp=no|yes add timestamps to log messages? [no] | |
--log-fd=<number> log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr] | |
--log-file=<file> log messages to <file>.pid<pid> | |
--log-file-exactly=<file> log messages to <file> | |
--log-file-qualifier=<VAR> incorporate $VAR in logfile name [none] | |
--log-socket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port | |
uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools: | |
--run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit? [yes] | |
--weird-hacks=hack1,hack2,... known hacks: lax-ioctls | |
enable-outer [none] | |
--pointercheck=no|yes enforce client address space limits [yes] | |
--show-emwarns=no|yes show warnings about emulation limits? [no] | |
--smc-check=none|stack|all checks for self-modifying code: none, | |
only for code found in stacks, or all [stack] | |
user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: | |
--xml=yes all output is in XML (Memcheck/Nulgrind only) | |
--xml-user-comment=STR copy STR verbatim to XML output | |
--demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes] | |
--num-callers=<number> show <number> callers in stack traces [12] | |
--error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes] | |
--show-below-main=no|yes continue stack traces below main() [no] | |
--suppressions=<filename> suppress errors described in <filename> | |
--gen-suppressions=no|yes|all print suppressions for errors? [no] | |
--db-attach=no|yes start debugger when errors detected? [no] | |
--db-command=<command> command to start debugger [gdb -nw %f %p] | |
--input-fd=<number> file descriptor for input [0=stdin] | |
--max-stackframe=<number> assume stack switch for SP changes larger | |
than <number> bytes [2000000] | |
user options for Nulgrind: | |
(none) | |
Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc | |
Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Julian Seward et al. | |
and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. | |
Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org. | |
Tools are copyright and licensed by their authors. See each | |
tool's start-up message for more information. | |