Memory debugger - Definition and Overview

A memory debugger is a programming tool for finding memory leaks and buffer overflows. These are symptoms for design mistakes or programming errors. See purify for more information about memory access error detection.

Examples

• AntiC
• boehm-gc
• ccmalloc
• dmalloc
• Dynamic Leak Check
• Electric Fence
• Fence It
• JProbe
• LeakHunter
• LeakTracer
• libcwd
• MemCheck
• MemTrace
• Memwatch
• mpatrol memory handling library
• NJAMD
• Parasoft's Insure_Plus_Plus
• Purify
• SPlint
• Valgrind

See also

• Bounds checker
• Computer programming
• Core Dump
• Debugger
• Flaw detection
• Software testing
• Software engineering

References

• Michael C. Daconta: C++ Pointers and Dynamic Memory Management, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-04998-0
• Andrew Koenig: C Traps and Pitfalls, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-17928-8

External links

• A list of memory error detection tools (http://www.cs.colorado.edu/homes/zorn/public_html/MallocDebug.html) by Ben Zorn
• Article "Hunting Memory Bugs (http://www.edm2.com/0508/membug.html)" by Ivan Skytte Jørgensen