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| <h1 align=center>Valgrind, version 2.0.0</h1> |
| <center>This manual was last updated on 17 November 2002</center> |
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| <a href="mailto:jseward@acm.org">jseward@acm.org</a>, |
| <a href="mailto:njn25@cam.ac.uk">njn25@cam.ac.uk</a><br> |
| Copyright © 2000-2002 Julian Seward, Nick Nethercote |
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| Valgrind is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version |
| 2<br> |
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| An open-source tool for debugging and profiling Linux-x86 executables. |
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| <h2>Contents of this manual</h2> |
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| <h4>1 <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro">Introduction</a></h4> |
| 1.1 <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro-overview"> |
| An overview of Valgrind</a><br> |
| 1.2 <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro-navigation"> |
| How to navigate this manual</a> |
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| 1.2.1 <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro-migrating"> |
| For users migrating from valgrind-1.0.X</a> |
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| <h4>2 <a href="coregrind_core.html#core"> |
| Using and understanding the Valgrind core services |
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| 2.1 <a href="coregrind_core.html#core-whatdoes"> |
| What it does with your program</a><br> |
| 2.2 <a href="coregrind_core.html#started"> |
| Getting started</a><br> |
| 2.3 <a href="coregrind_core.html#comment"> |
| The commentary</a><br> |
| 2.4 <a href="coregrind_core.html#report"> |
| Reporting of errors</a><br> |
| 2.5 <a href="coregrind_core.html#suppress"> |
| Suppressing errors</a><br> |
| 2.6 <a href="coregrind_core.html#flags"> |
| Command-line flags for the Valgrind code</a><br> |
| 2.7 <a href="coregrind_core.html#clientreq"> |
| The Client Request mechanism</a><br> |
| 2.8 <a href="coregrind_core.html#pthreads"> |
| Support for POSIX pthreads</a><br> |
| 2.9 <a href="coregrind_core.html#signals"> |
| Handling of signals</a><br> |
| 2.10 <a href="coregrind_core.html#install"> |
| Building and installing</a><br> |
| 2.11 <a href="coregrind_core.html#problems"> |
| If you have problems</a><br> |
| 2.12 <a href="coregrind_core.html#limits"> |
| Limitations</a><br> |
| 2.13 <a href="coregrind_core.html#howworks"> |
| How it works -- a rough overview</a><br> |
| 2.14 <a href="coregrind_core.html#example"> |
| An example run</a><br> |
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| <h4>3 <a href="mc_main.html#mc-top"> |
| Memcheck: a heavyweight memory checker</a></h4> |
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| <h4>4 <a href="cg_main.html#cg-top"> |
| Cachegrind: a cache-miss profiler</a></h4> |
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| <h4>5 <a href="ac_main.html#ac-top"> |
| Addrcheck: a lightweight memory checker</a></h4> |
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| <h4>6 <a href="hg_main.html#hg-top"> |
| Helgrind: a data-race detector</a></h4> |
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| The following are not part of the user manual. They describe internal |
| details of how Valgrind works. Reading them may rot your mind. You |
| have been warned. |
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| <h4>7 <a href="mc_techdocs.html#mc-techdocs"> |
| The design and implementation of Valgrind</a></h4> |
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| <h4>8 <a href="cg_techdocs.html#cg-techdocs"> |
| How Cachegrind works</a></h4> |
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