| usage: valgrind [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 (follow execve)? [no] | |
| --child-silent-after-fork=no|yes omit child output between fork & exec? [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> | |
| --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] | |
| --sim-hints=hint1,hint2,... known hints: | |
| lax-ioctls, enable-outer [none] | |
| --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] | |
| --kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,... known variants: bproc [none] | |
| handle non-standard kernel variants | |
| user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: | |
| --xml=yes all output is in XML (some tools 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] | |
| --error-exitcode=<number> exit code to return if errors found [0=disable] | |
| --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 [/usr/bin/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) 2000-2007 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. | |