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28<h1 align=center>Valgrind, version 2.0.0</h1>
sewardj240838d2003-04-03 22:09:36 +0000[diff] [blame]29<center>This manual was last updated on 3 April 2003</center>
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32<center>
33<a href="mailto:jseward@acm.org">jseward@acm.org</a>,
34 <a href="mailto:njn25@cam.ac.uk">njn25@cam.ac.uk</a><br>
sewardj64522142003-03-16 01:12:16 +0000[diff] [blame]35Copyright &copy; 2000-2003 Julian Seward, Nick Nethercote
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38Valgrind is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version
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41An open-source tool for debugging and profiling Linux-x86 executables.
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48<h2>Contents of this manual</h2>
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sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]50<h4>1&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro">Introduction</a></h4>
51 1.1&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro-overview">
52 An overview of Valgrind</a><br>
53 1.2&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro-navigation">
54 How to navigate this manual</a>
55 <br>
56 1.2.1&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_intro.html#intro-migrating">
57 For users migrating from valgrind-1.0.X</a>
sewardja9a2dcf2002-11-11 00:20:07 +0000[diff] [blame]58
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]59<h4>2&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#core">
60 Using and understanding the Valgrind core services
61 </a></h4>
62 2.1&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#core-whatdoes">
63 What it does with your program</a><br>
64 2.2&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#started">
65 Getting started</a><br>
66 2.3&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#comment">
67 The commentary</a><br>
68 2.4&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#report">
69 Reporting of errors</a><br>
70 2.5&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#suppress">
71 Suppressing errors</a><br>
72 2.6&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#flags">
njnb29d4cb2003-08-29 11:42:50 +0000[diff] [blame]73 Command-line flags for the Valgrind core</a><br>
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]74 2.7&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#clientreq">
75 The Client Request mechanism</a><br>
76 2.8&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#pthreads">
77 Support for POSIX pthreads</a><br>
78 2.9&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#signals">
79 Handling of signals</a><br>
80 2.10&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#install">
81 Building and installing</a><br>
82 2.11&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#problems">
83 If you have problems</a><br>
84 2.12&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#limits">
85 Limitations</a><br>
86 2.13&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#howworks">
87 How it works -- a rough overview</a><br>
88 2.14&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_core.html#example">
89 An example run</a><br>
sewardja9a2dcf2002-11-11 00:20:07 +0000[diff] [blame]90
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]91<h4>3&nbsp; <a href="mc_main.html#mc-top">
92 Memcheck: a heavyweight memory checker</a></h4>
sewardja9a2dcf2002-11-11 00:20:07 +0000[diff] [blame]93
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]94<h4>4&nbsp; <a href="cg_main.html#cg-top">
95 Cachegrind: a cache-miss profiler</a></h4>
sewardja9a2dcf2002-11-11 00:20:07 +0000[diff] [blame]96
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]97<h4>5&nbsp; <a href="ac_main.html#ac-top">
98 Addrcheck: a lightweight memory checker</a></h4>
sewardja9a2dcf2002-11-11 00:20:07 +0000[diff] [blame]99
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]100<h4>6&nbsp; <a href="hg_main.html#hg-top">
101 Helgrind: a data-race detector</a></h4>
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njn50aca9e2003-03-25 13:38:35 +0000[diff] [blame]103<p>
104The following is not part of the user manual. It describes how you can
105write skins for Valgrind, in order to make new program supervision
106tools.
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108<h4>7&nbsp; <a href="coregrind_skins.html">
109 Valgrind Skins</a></h4>
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111<p>
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]112The following are not part of the user manual. They describe internal
113details of how Valgrind works. Reading them may rot your mind. You
114have been warned.
sewardja9a2dcf2002-11-11 00:20:07 +0000[diff] [blame]115
njn50aca9e2003-03-25 13:38:35 +0000[diff] [blame]116<h4>8&nbsp; <a href="mc_techdocs.html#mc-techdocs">
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]117 The design and implementation of Valgrind</a></h4>
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njn50aca9e2003-03-25 13:38:35 +0000[diff] [blame]119<h4>9&nbsp; <a href="cg_techdocs.html#cg-techdocs">
sewardjf555ac72002-11-18 00:07:28 +0000[diff] [blame]120 How Cachegrind works</a></h4>
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