| 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> | |
| -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] | |
| uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools: | |
| --run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit? [yes] | |
| --weird-hacks=hack1,hack2,... recognised hacks: lax-ioctls [none] | |
| --signal-polltime=<time> signal poll period (mS) for older kernels [50] | |
| --lowlat-signals=no|yes improve thread signal wake-up latency [no] | |
| --lowlat-syscalls=no|yes improve thread syscall wake-up latency [no] | |
| --pointercheck=no|yes enforce client address space limits [yes] | |
| user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: | |
| --log-fd=<number> log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr] | |
| --log-file=<file> log messages to <file>.pid<pid> | |
| --log-socket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port | |
| --demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes] | |
| --num-callers=<number> show <num> callers in stack traces [4] | |
| --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 print suppressions for errors detected [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] | |
| user options for Nulgrind: | |
| (none) | |
| debugging options for all Valgrind tools: | |
| --sanity-level=<number> level of sanity checking to do [1] | |
| --single-step=no|yes translate each instr separately? [no] | |
| --optimise=no|yes improve intermediate code? [yes] | |
| --profile=no|yes profile? (tool must be built for it) [no] | |
| --bbprofile=no|yes profile bbs? [no] | |
| --branchpred=yes|no generate branch prediction hints [no] | |
| --trace-codegen=<XXXXXXXX> show generated code? (X = 0|1) [00000000] | |
| --trace-notbelow=<number> only show BBs above <number> [0] | |
| --trace-syscalls=no|yes show all system calls? [no] | |
| --trace-signals=no|yes show signal handling details? [no] | |
| --trace-symtab=no|yes show symbol table details? [no] | |
| --trace-sched=no|yes show thread scheduler details? [no] | |
| --trace-pthread=none|some|all show pthread event details? [none] | |
| --wait-for-gdb=yes|no pause on startup to wait for gdb attach | |
| --vex-iropt-verbosity 0 .. 9 [0] | |
| --vex-iropt-level 0 .. 2 [2] | |
| --vex-iropt-precise-memory-exns [no] | |
| --vex-iropt-unroll-thresh 0 .. 400 [120] | |
| --vex-guest-max-insns 1 .. 100 [50] | |
| --vex-guest-chase-thresh 0 .. 99 [10] | |
| --trace-codegen values (omit the middle space): | |
| 1000 0000 show conversion into IR | |
| 0100 0000 show after initial opt | |
| 0010 0000 show after instrumentation | |
| 0001 0000 show after second opt | |
| 0000 1000 show after tree building | |
| 0000 0100 show selecting insns | |
| 0000 0010 show after reg-alloc | |
| 0000 0001 show final assembly | |
| debugging options for Valgrind tools that report errors | |
| --dump-error=<number> show translation for basic block associated | |
| with <number>'th error context [0=show none] | |
| debugging options for Nulgrind: | |
| (none) | |
| Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc | |
| Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Julian Seward et al. | |
| and licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. | |
| Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: valgrind.kde.org. | |
| Tools are copyright and licensed by their authors. See each | |
| tool's start-up message for more information. | |