Как установить valgrind на windows

Valgrind is a famous tool to debug your memory leak, but what sad is it only supports Linux, yeah, not a perfect support even on Mac. But with the new Windows 10 Anniversary update, it’s happening. And works way much better than Mac with OS X. Let’s rock!

1. What, Linux in a Windows?

It is easy since in the new update, windows has Ubuntu as a subsystem. And it is neither a virtual machine nor some kind of a container. It is a subsystem, roughly speaking, all the functions will finally invoked by Windows sys-call. So this is a 1st class, blazing fast solution. But the prerequisite is you need a new Windows 10 version 1607 (Build 14393.187) or above.

2. How to install and use it?

When you search online, you will find that you need to join the Windows Insider program and open the developer mode. But no, you don’t need to.

  1. press win+s to open Cortana.
  2. search for windows features, open Turn Windows features On or Off.
  3. find Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta), click to turn it on.
  4. After a restart you could now open your windows command line and input bash, then enter.
  5. It will first download and install Ubuntu 14.04 from Windows store.
  6. Then you need to configure your default user and password to the system. This is just for this built-in Ubuntu, not Windows
  7. Afterwards, every time you need bash, you just open CLI then bash and enter, splendid!

3. Try it first time.

It is a Ubuntu, so you might simply use the command. sudo apt-get install valgrind. Yes, it will work as a charm. But only for this part. If you want to use it, it will totally not work.

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--1791:0:aspacem -1: ANON 0038000000-00383d5fff 4022272 r-x-- SmFixed d=0x000 i=205168 o=0 (0) m=0 /usr/lib/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux
--1791:0:aspacem Valgrind: FATAL: aspacem assertion failed:
--1791:0:aspacem segment_is_sane
--1791:0:aspacem at m_aspacemgr/aspacemgr-linux.c:1502 (add_segment)
--1791:0:aspacem Exiting now.

You may abort at this stage, since it is a beta feature, and the translation in the Sys-call level may seems a big deal. And after googling, you decide to abort. But, the story never ends like this :)

4.How to deal with it?

A brief first:

You just need to compile Valgrind by yourself on your own machine.”

The idea is simple, the procedures is still easy but take a little bit longer than expected. But I will cover all the commands :)

  1. Open bash in Windows.
  2. Update your Ubuntu package lists by sudo apt-get update
  3. Install SVN first via this command: sudo apt-get install svn
  4. Install subversion next: sudo apt-get install subversion (Thanks to Ran Lottem)
  5. Find a folder you want to put the valgrind, anywhere is OK, we just need to compile.
  6. Download source code of Valgrind via SVN svn co svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk valgrind. It will download the codes and put them into a new folder called valgrind right under then folder you create or locate in step 3.
  7. Install the library used when compiling by sudo apt-get install automake
  8. Ran Lottem confirmed that you need to sudo apt-get install build-essential
  9. Go to the folder of Valgrind via cd valgrind/
  10. Running the official bash script first by using ./autogen.sh
  11. Configure via ./configure.
  12. From now on, things will get much more normal. first, install make via sudo apt-get install make.
  13. Then make, this command will build the files from many modules. Add sudo if failed (Thanks Waleed Mahmoud).
  14. make install, it will copy compiled files into appropriate locations. Add sudo if failed (Thanks Waleed Mahmoud).
  15. It’s done already, but feel free to use make clean, it will delete all the temporary files generated while compiling.
  16. A make distclean will make things much better.
  17. Use valgrind as you wish.

5.Happily ever after

I have built a linked list to test the leak, it works exactly the same way as linux, even better than Mac, OS X, yes, I mean it. The valgrind on OS X will tell you have some leak problems while there is no leak.

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camus@ALBERTSURFACEB:/mnt/d/github/C_Playground$ valgrind ./main
==2529== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==2529== Copyright (C) 2002-2015, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==2529== Using Valgrind-3.12.0.SVN and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==2529== Command: ./main
==2529==

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==2529==
==2529== HEAP SUMMARY:
==2529== in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2529== total heap usage: 6 allocs, 6 frees, 104 bytes allocated
==2529==
==2529== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==2529==
==2529== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==2529== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
camus@ALBERTSURFACEB:/mnt/d/github/C_Playground$

And if you have a leak, it will tell you.

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==2539== HEAP SUMMARY:
==2539== in use at exit: 80 bytes in 5 blocks
==2539== total heap usage: 6 allocs, 1 frees, 104 bytes allocated
==2539==
==2539== LEAK SUMMARY:
==2539== definitely lost: 16 bytes in 1 blocks
==2539== indirectly lost: 64 bytes in 4 blocks
==2539== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2539== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2539== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2539== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==2539==
==2539== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==2539== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

Furthermore, running valgrind --leak-check=full ./main will give the information of your stack. WOW! Fantastic! After I suffered so much from day 1 for the stupid Surface Book, this is the only time I feel Microsoft is a company you could rely on, haha xD

6. One more thing

Mr Artem reached out to me recently about his awesome software for debugging memory issues. He built Deleaker, which is a modern substitution of
Valgrind. Deleaker supports C as well as C++/Delphi/.Net etc. In general, it doesn’t matter what language is used to write code as it works at lower level, hooking allocation/deallocation functions and storing call stacks.

And having a nice GUI to work with just seems much more efficient to me, which is why I love jetBrains’ products.

  • Check this blog for a comparison between Deleaker and Valgrind, why it is better.
  • Check the Deleaker official site for more information.

Thanks for reading!

Follow me (albertgao) on twitter, if you want to hear more about my interesting ideas.

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Authors:

Christoph Schwarz

How to set up the development environment

Current development environment consists of:

  • Eclipse Juno
  • MinGW 20120426 (gcc 4.6.2)
  • TDM-GCC 4.6.1
  • Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4

Required

Valgrind for Windows uses the MinGW build environment. You need to download and install MinGW and the Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows.

  1. MinGW — download the latest Automated MinGW installer
    • Install:
    • MinGW Compiler Suite / C Compiler (gcc 4.6.2)
    • MSYS Basic System
    • MinGW Developer Toolkit
    • add environment variable MINGW_ROOT pointing to the directory where you installed MinGW
    • add %MINGW_ROOT%\bin;%MINGW_ROOT%\msys\1.0\bin to the PATH
  2. Debugging Tools for Windows and MSVC from the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 — choose either:
    • Net Installer
    • ISO Image
    • Install at least: Windows Native Code Development and Common Utilities / Debugging Tools for Windows
    • add environment variable DBGTOOLS_ROOT pointing to the directory where you installed the debugging tools (e.g. C:\Program Files\Debugging Tools for Windows (x64))
    • add environment variable WINSDK_ROOT pointing to the directory where you installed the Windows SDK (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1)
    • add environment variable VC_ROOT pointing to the directory where you installed the Visual C++ compilers (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC)
    • create directory %MINGW_ROOT%\msys\1.0\opt\windbg
    • add debugging tools path in 8.3 format as /opt/windbg in MinGW’s fstab file %MINGW_ROOT%\msys\1.0\etc\fstab
    • entry in fstab might look like this: C:\PROGRA~1\DEBUGG~1 /opt/windbg
    • recommended: add environment variable _NT_SYMBOL_PATH=SRV*%TEMP%\SymbolCache*\http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

Optional

If you want to build Valgrind for 64 bit Windows, download and install a 64 bit tool chain, either:

  1. (recommended) TDM-GCC — download tdm64-gcc-4.6.1 installer from SourceForge, e.g. tdm64-gcc-4.6.1.exe (gcc 4.6.1)
    • unpack to a directory of your choice, e.g. C:\MinGW64
    • add environment variable MINGW64_ROOT pointing to that directory
    • add %MINGW64_ROOT%\bin to the PATH, before %MINGW_ROOT%\bin
    • with this tool chain you can create both 32 and 64 bit binaries, so you can build Valgrind in those two bitnesses from the same configuration

or

  1. (obsolete) MinGW64 — download latest 64 bit tool chain from Automated Builds, e.g. mingw-w64-bin_i686-mingw_20110827.zip (gcc 4.7.0)
    • unpack to a directory of your choice, e.g. C:\MinGW64
    • add environment variable MINGW64_ROOT pointing to that directory
    • add %MINGW64_ROOT%\bin to the PATH
    • with this tool chain you can only create 64 bit binaries, so you can either build 32 bit or 64 bit Valgrind (but not both), from the same configuration

The project comes with a Eclipse CDT project definition, so you can use the Eclipse IDE if you like. To do so:

  1. optional: create environment variable VG4WIN_MAKEOPTS containing additional options to make. If you have a multi-core machine you probably want to enable parallel builds, e.g. VG4WIN_MAKEOPTS=-j4
  2. Install Eclipse IDE for C/C++ developers (the version stated above)
  3. Start Eclipse, open «Help / Install new Software»
  4. Select: «Work with : <Eclipse Version=»» Name=»»>»
  5. Install: «Collaboration / Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation)» (Eclipse restarts)
  6. Open Perspective «SVN Repository Exploring»
  7. Pop up appears asking for installation of an SVN Connector. Install latest 1.3.x SVNKit (1.3.7) (Eclipse restarts)
  8. Uncheck «Project / Build Automatically»
  9. Open Perspective «SVN Repository Exploring»
  10. Add «New» / «Repository Location…» svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/valgrind4win/code (or if you are a developer with write access: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/valgrind4win/code)
  11. Check out «trunk»
  12. Switch to «C/C++» perspective
  13. Select desired configuration under «Project» / «Build Configurations» / «Set Active»
    • only 32 bit: «build32-all»
    • only 64 bit: «build64-all»
    • 32 and 64 bit: «build32+64-all» (TDM-GCC required)
  14. Select «Project» / «Build Project»
    • Eclipse will build Valgrind for Windows by running ./autogen.sh, ./configure and make

How to build and run Valgrind for Windows from a command prompt

  1. Check out the source code
  2. Open a Windows command prompt (cmd.exe)
  3. cd to the source code directory
  4. run: sh ./autogen.sh
  5. configure either for the 32 bit or 64 bit version
    • only 32 bit: run: sh ./configure
    • only 64 bit: run: sh ./configure —host x86_64-w64-mingw32 —enable-only64bit
    • 32 and 64 bit: run: sh ./configure —host x86_64-w64-mingw32 (TDM-GCC required)
  6. build the source by running: make
  7. build tests by running: make check
  8. run valgrind using: set VALGRIND_LIB=.in_place and then: coregrind\valgrind.exe

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Valgrind is a famous tool to debug your memory leak, but what sad is it only supports Linux, yeah, not a perfect support even on Mac. But with the new Windows 10 Anniversary update, it’s happening. And works way much better than Mac with OS X. Let’s rock!

1. What, Linux in a Windows?

It is easy since in the new update, windows has Ubuntu as a subsystem. And it is neither a virtual machine nor some kind of a container. It is a subsystem, roughly speaking, all the functions will finally invoked by Windows sys-call. So this is a 1st class, blazing fast solution. But the prerequisite is you need a new Windows 10 version 1607 (Build 14393.187) or above.

2. How to install and use it?

When you search online, you will find that you need to join the Windows Insider program and open the developer mode. But no, you don’t need to.

  1. press win+s to open Cortana.
  2. search for windows features, open Turn Windows features On or Off.
  3. find Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta), click to turn it on.
  4. After a restart you could now open your windows command line and input bash, then enter.
  5. It will first download and install Ubuntu 14.04 from Windows store.
  6. Then you need to configure your default user and password to the system. This is just for this built-in Ubuntu, not Windows
  7. Afterwards, every time you need bash, you just open CLI then bash and enter, splendid!

3. Try it first time.

It is a Ubuntu, so you might simply use the command. sudo apt-get install valgrind. Yes, it will work as a charm. But only for this part. If you want to use it, it will totally not work.

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--1791:0:aspacem -1: ANON 0038000000-00383d5fff 4022272 r-x-- SmFixed d=0x000 i=205168 o=0 (0) m=0 /usr/lib/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux
--1791:0:aspacem Valgrind: FATAL: aspacem assertion failed:
--1791:0:aspacem segment_is_sane
--1791:0:aspacem at m_aspacemgr/aspacemgr-linux.c:1502 (add_segment)
--1791:0:aspacem Exiting now.

You may abort at this stage, since it is a beta feature, and the translation in the Sys-call level may seems a big deal. And after googling, you decide to abort. But, the story never ends like this :)

4.How to deal with it?

A brief first:

You just need to compile Valgrind by yourself on your own machine.”

The idea is simple, the procedures is still easy but take a little bit longer than expected. But I will cover all the commands :)

  1. Open bash in Windows.
  2. Update your Ubuntu package lists by sudo apt-get update
  3. Install SVN first via this command: sudo apt-get install svn
  4. Install subversion next: sudo apt-get install subversion (Thanks to Ran Lottem)
  5. Find a folder you want to put the valgrind, anywhere is OK, we just need to compile.
  6. Download source code of Valgrind via SVN svn co svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/trunk valgrind. It will download the codes and put them into a new folder called valgrind right under then folder you create or locate in step 3.
  7. Install the library used when compiling by sudo apt-get install automake
  8. Ran Lottem confirmed that you need to sudo apt-get install build-essential
  9. Go to the folder of Valgrind via cd valgrind/
  10. Running the official bash script first by using ./autogen.sh
  11. Configure via ./configure.
  12. From now on, things will get much more normal. first, install make via sudo apt-get install make.
  13. Then make, this command will build the files from many modules. Add sudo if failed (Thanks Waleed Mahmoud).
  14. make install, it will copy compiled files into appropriate locations. Add sudo if failed (Thanks Waleed Mahmoud).
  15. It’s done already, but feel free to use make clean, it will delete all the temporary files generated while compiling.
  16. A make distclean will make things much better.
  17. Use valgrind as you wish.

5.Happily ever after

I have built a linked list to test the leak, it works exactly the same way as linux, even better than Mac, OS X, yes, I mean it. The valgrind on OS X will tell you have some leak problems while there is no leak.

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camus@ALBERTSURFACEB:/mnt/d/github/C_Playground$ valgrind ./main
==2529== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==2529== Copyright (C) 2002-2015, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==2529== Using Valgrind-3.12.0.SVN and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==2529== Command: ./main
==2529==

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==2529==
==2529== HEAP SUMMARY:
==2529== in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2529== total heap usage: 6 allocs, 6 frees, 104 bytes allocated
==2529==
==2529== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==2529==
==2529== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==2529== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)
camus@ALBERTSURFACEB:/mnt/d/github/C_Playground$

And if you have a leak, it will tell you.

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==2539== HEAP SUMMARY:
==2539== in use at exit: 80 bytes in 5 blocks
==2539== total heap usage: 6 allocs, 1 frees, 104 bytes allocated
==2539==
==2539== LEAK SUMMARY:
==2539== definitely lost: 16 bytes in 1 blocks
==2539== indirectly lost: 64 bytes in 4 blocks
==2539== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2539== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2539== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2539== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==2539==
==2539== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==2539== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

Furthermore, running valgrind --leak-check=full ./main will give the information of your stack. WOW! Fantastic! After I suffered so much from day 1 for the stupid Surface Book, this is the only time I feel Microsoft is a company you could rely on, haha xD

6. One more thing

Mr Artem reached out to me recently about his awesome software for debugging memory issues. He built Deleaker, which is a modern substitution of
Valgrind. Deleaker supports C as well as C++/Delphi/.Net etc. In general, it doesn’t matter what language is used to write code as it works at lower level, hooking allocation/deallocation functions and storing call stacks.

And having a nice GUI to work with just seems much more efficient to me, which is why I love jetBrains’ products.

  • Check this blog for a comparison between Deleaker and Valgrind, why it is better.
  • Check the Deleaker official site for more information.

Thanks for reading!

Follow me (albertgao) on twitter, if you want to hear more about my interesting ideas.

Installing GCC and Valgrind

  • Software And Compiler Setup
    • Setting Up Your Editing Environment
      • Recommended Text Editors
      • Honorable Mentions
      • Common Questions
    • Setting Up GCC
      • Installing GCC On Linux
      • Installing GCC On Windows
    • Setting Up Valgrind
      • Installing Valgrind On Linux
      • Installing Valgrind On Windows
    • Other Software Recommendations
      • Get A Good Console
        • Consoles For Windows
  • Using GCC And Valgrind
    • General Use Instructions
      • Compile With GCC
      • Memory Test With Valgrind
      • Basic Valgrind Output
    • Advanced Valgrind Usage
      • Debugging Segmentation Faults
      • Pinpointing Memory Leaks
  • Using Input and Output Files

Software And Compiler Setup

Setting Up Your Editing Environment

To setup your coding environment, the first thing you will need is a text editor.

Recommended Text Editors

  • Atom — Windows, Linux, Mac
    • Like Sublime, But Free, And Better
  • Notepad++ — Windows
    • Excellent Editor That Proves Looks Aren’t Everything, Only For Windows
  • Code::Blocks — Windows, Linux, Mac
    • An IDE Style, Free, Open Source Editor
  • Visual Studio Code — Windows, Linux, Mac
    • Another IDE Style, Free, Open Source Editor

Honorable Mentions

  • Sublime Text Editor — Windows, Linux, Mac
    • A Well Respected Choice, But Costs $$$
  • Eclipse — Windows, Linux, Mac
    • A Good Choice, But Far To Heavy For This Applciation
But, My Editor Isn’t Here…
  • That doesnt mean your editor is bad, it just means that some of the stuff described here might not apply to you.
What About [Insert Editor Here]
  • What about it?

Setting Up GCC

GCC is a GNU compiler for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, and Go.

Installing On Linux

Debian Based (Ubuntu and Derivatives)

sudo apt-get install gcc

OR

sudo apt install build-essential

Fedora 22+

dnf group install 'Development Tools'

Other

I Have No Idea - CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED

Now Test To Make Sure It’s Working
  • Open a terminal and type in gcc -v
  • GCC should announce it’s version along with some other info
  • If GCC responded, you’re golden.

Installing On Windows

Windows 7 to 10

The easiest way to install GCC on Windows is to install MinGW, which includes GCC along with a handful of other small utilities.

Download The Latest Version of MinGW From Their Website

When running the installer for MinGW, it will install into the default folder of C:MinGW

To make GCC work in the command line, we will need to add it to the %PATH% system variable.

To Add GCC To Your System Path:

  • Press The Windows Key On Your Keyboard
  • Type In ‘System Properties’
  • Select The Item Called SystemPropertiesAdvanced.exe
  • A Window Will Appear, At The Bottom Of This Window, Click The Button That Says Environmental Variables
  • A New Window Will Appear
  • Select ‘Path’ In The Top Portion Of The Window, Then Click Edit.
  • Yet Another Window Will Appear
  • If You Don’t See An Entry Labeled C:MinGWbin, Click The Add Button, And Type C:MinGWbin Into The Input Field That Appeared.
  • Now Test To Make Sure It’s Working
    • Open cmd and type in gcc -v
    • GCC should announce it’s version along with some other info
    • If GCC responded, you’re golden.

Windows XP

Good Luck Brave Soul - CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED

Setting Up GCC

Installing Valgrind On Linux

Debian Based (Ubuntu and Derivatives)

sudo apt-get install valgrind

Fedora 22+

sudo dnf install valgrind

Other

I Have No Idea - CONTRIBUTION APPRECIATED

Now Test To Make Sure It’s Working
  • Open a terminal and type in valgrind --version
  • Valgrind should announce it’s version
  • If Valgrind responded, you’re golden.

Installing On Windows

Windows 10

Valgrind Cannot Be Installed Directly On Windows To The Best Of My Knowledge. That does not mean that valgrind cannot be used though Windows:

Valgrind Can Be Used On Windows Machine Using The New «Linux in a Windows» Method:

  • Linux in a Windows (Windows 10 ONLY)
    • Follow This Guide To Install The Linux Subsystem For Windows
    • Now Open The Subsystem Console And Follow The Linux Valgrind and GCC Instructions (When Using The Subsystem Console, You Will Need To Follow Linux Instructions)

Windows 7 to 8.1

  • VM Method Using VirtualBox
    • With Enough Requests I Will Write A Tutorial For This

Other Software

Get A Good Console

You will be interacting with the console a lot, so you should have one that you like.

Recommended Consoles For Windows

  • cmder
    • Built on ConEmu, offering a facelift and extra functionality.
  • ConEmu
    • Like cmder, but ugly.

Using GCC and Valgrind

General Use Instructions

Compile With GCC

GCC Command Format

Windows: gcc .fileNameToCompile.c -o .outputNameYouWant.exe

Linux: gcc ./fileNameToCompile.c -o ./outputNameYouWant.out

Notes On How These Are Different

  • Linux and Windows Have Different Directory Separator Characters.
    • On Windows we use and on Linux we use /
  • Linux and Windows Have Different output extensions.
    • On Windows we use .exe and on Linux we use .out
GCC Use On Windows
  • Open a console window
  • Use cd to get to where your .c code is How To Use cd
  • Run gcc using the format specified above
  • then enter .outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.exe, your program should start.
GCC Use On Linux (or Linux in A Windows)
  • Open a terminal window
  • Use cd to get to where your .c code is How To Use cd
  • Run gcc using the format specified above
  • then enter ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out, your program should start.

Memory Test With Valgrind

Once you have compiled the program with GCC, you can use valgrind to find any memory leaks. (and much more)

Valgrind Command Format

Windows: Must Use A VM or Subsystem Running Linux

Linux: valgrind ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out

Understanding Basic Valgrind Output

The Parts Of A Valgrind Output:

HEAP SUMMARY:

Gives an overview of the program’s memory usage during runtime.

HEAP SUMMARY:
in use at exit: 48 bytes in 3 blocks
total heap usage: 4 allocs, 1 frees, 560 bytes allocated

The Heap Summary Describes Two Parts:

  • in use at exit — Memory in use when the program exited
  • total heap usage — Total memory usage during the program run
LEAK SUMMARY:

Only appears if the program had a memory leak

LEAK SUMMARY:
definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
still reachable: 48 bytes in 3 blocks
suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks

The Leak Summary Describes:
This List Is From The Offical Valgrind Documentation

  • definitely lost means your program is leaking memory — fix those leaks!

  • indirectly lost means your program is leaking memory in a pointer-based structure. (E.g. if the root node of a binary tree is definitely lost, all the children will be indirectly lost.) If you fix the definitely lost leaks, the indirectly lost leaks should go away.

  • possibly lost means your program is leaking memory, unless you’re doing unusual things with pointers that could cause them to point into the middle of an allocated block.

  • still reachable means your program is probably ok — it didn’t free some memory it could have. This is quite common.

  • suppressed means that a leak error has been suppressed. There are some suppressions in the default suppression files. You can ignore suppressed errors.

Advanced Valgrind Usage

Valgrind is much more than just a basic tool to test for memory leaks.

Valgrind can be used to find Segmentation Faults and Actually Locate Memory Leaks

Debugging Segfaults (SIGSEGV) (signal 11) With Valgrind

Valgrind can help find segfaults in your c code, the procedure is simple.

  • Compile your source code with the -g flag Example: gcc -g ./sourceCode.c -o ./fileName.out
  • Valgrind as described above.
This procedure links the line numbers during the compile phase. Allowing Valgrind to show the specific line number a failure occurs on.

Here’s an example:

==13268== Invalid write of size 8
==13268==    at 0x1086A8: thisFunctionDoesCauseAnIssue (valgrindtutorial.c:44)
==13268==    by 0x108625: main (valgrindtutorial.c:21)
==13268==  Address 0x0 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd

Suddenly, Valgrind can explain which file, function, and line an error occurred on.

Dissecting This Output:

==13268==    at 0x1086A8: thisFunctionDoesCauseAnIssue (valgrindtutorial.c:44)

==[PID]==    at [Memory Address]: [Function Name] ([Source File Name]:[Line Number])

Taking A Look At The Code:

function blamed by valgrind for segfault

Line 44 is definitely a problem, nSum->contents dereferences NULL.

Pinpoint Memory Leaks With Valgrind

Valgrind can also be used to find the source of a memory leak.

To Find The Source Of Memory Leaks With Valgrind:

  • Compile with GCC using the -g flag
  • Run Valgrind with the --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full flags.

So The Commands Would Look Like This:

Compile With GCC: gcc -g ./sourceCode.c -o ./fileName.out
Check With Valgrind: valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full ./fileName.out

This output is less strait forward than segfault recognition.
Lets Take A Look At A Sample Output:

==13422== 708 (16 direct, 692 indirect) bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 7 of 7
==13422==    at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
==13422==    by 0x108846: createLossyNode (valgrindMemoryLeaks.c:42)
==13422==    by 0x10876B: main (valgrindMemoryLeaks.c:26)

To Better Understand This, We Can Break It Down Into Lines:

1 | ==13422== 708 (16 direct, 692 indirect) bytes in...
Line one describes the type and amount of memory loss experienced.
2 | ==13422== at 0x4C2FB0F: malloc (in...
Line two describes the memory address and allocation function used to reserve the lost block.
3 | ==13422== by 0x108846: createLossyNode (valgrindMemoryLeaks.c:42)
Line three describes the memory address, function, source code file, and line number where the allocation occured.
4 and Beyond
Lines four and beyond are a stack trace.

Valgrind Does Not Know HOW The Program Lost The Memory, Only That The Memory Was Lost

Because Valgrind does not know where the memory was lost, it announces the only thing it does know, where the memory was allocated.

This is still useful information. By understanding what was lost, debugging can be narrowed to only follow the relevant data.

Using Input and Output Files (Redirection)

Master The < and > Symbols

< is called a left-chevron
> is called a right-chevron

< Means

[into this thing] < [read the contents of this file]

Example:
Windows: .outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.exe < .inputFile.in
Linux: ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out < ./inputFile.in

> Means

[write the output from this] > [into this file]

Example:
Windows: .outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.exe > .outputFile.txt
Linux: ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out > ./outputFile.txt

Note:
The output file will be created if it does not already exist.

Using Both

[Input To This File & Output From This File] < [from this file] > [into this file]

Example:
Windows: .outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.exe < .inputFile.in > .outputFile.txt
Linux: ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out < ./inputFile.in > ./outputFile.txt

That’s how it’s done. No, seriously, it’s that simple.

Yes, You Can Use Redirection Along With Other Commands

These sorts of things also work:
valgrind ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out < ./inputFile.in > ./outputFile.txt
time ./outputNameYouGaveToGCCEarlier.out < ./inputFile.in > ./outputFile.txt

Write Your Own Inputs
  • Open a text editor
  • Type the input you would normally type into the command line
    • Include the enters and don’t worry about the output at all
  • Save the file
  • You can use that as an input file with the < symbol
Don’t Want The Output?

In Linux you can dump unwanted output into the void using output redirection into /dev/null

Like This:
[command] > /dev/null

This will redirect the output of [command] into the void.

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Valgrind является многоцелевым инструментом профилирования кода и отладки памяти для Linux на x86, и, начиная с версии 3 и AMD64. Это позволяет запускать программу в собственной среде Valgrind, что контролирует использование памяти, например, вызовы malloc и free (или new и delete в C++). Если вы используете неинициализированную память, записываете за пределами концов массива, или не освобождаете указатель, Valgrind может это обнаружить. Поскольку это наиболее распространенные проблемы, эта статья будет сосредоточена главным образом на использовании Valgrind для обнаружения простых проблем с памятью, хотя Valgrind — это инструмент, который может сделать гораздо больше.

Для пользователей Windows: если вы не имеете доступа к Linux, или если вы хотите разрабатывать специальное программное обеспечение Windows, вас может заинтересовать IBM Purify, которая имеет аналогичные Valgrind функции для поиска утечек и неправильного доступа к памяти. Доступна пробная версия.

Получение Valgrind

Если вы работаете в Linux и у вас пока нет копии, то вы можете получить Valgrind на странице загрузки Valgrind.

Установка проста: распакуйте архив используя команды bzip2 и tar (X.Y.Z — номер версии в примерах ниже, разделённые символами точки):

bzip2 -d valgrind-X.Y.Z.tar.bz2
tar -xf valgrind-X.Y.Z.tar

После выполнения этих команд, будет создан каталог с именем valgrind-X.Y.Z, зайдите в этот каталог (команда cd и через пробел путь) и выполните следующие команды:

./configure
make
make install

Теперь, когда вы установили Valgrind, давайте посмотрим как его использовать.

Поиск утечек памяти с помощью Valgrind

Утечки памяти одни из самых трудных для обнаружения ошибок, потому что они не вызывают никаких внешних проблем, до тех пор, пока у вас не закончится память и вам не удастся вызвать malloc. В самом деле, при работе с языками C или C++, которые не имеют сборки мусора, почти половину времени вы можете потратить на правильное освобождение памяти. И даже одна ошибка может дорого обойтись, если ваша программа работает достаточно долго и следует этой ветви кода.

Когда вы запустите код, вы должны будете указать инструмент, который хотите использовать, просто запустите Valgrind для получения текущего списка. В этой статье мы сосредоточимся в основном на инструменте Memcheck, так как Valgrind с инструментом Memcheck позволит нам проверить правильность использования памяти. Без дополнительных аргументов, Valgrind выведет обзор вызовов free и malloc:

valgrind —tool=memcheck myProg

myProg — это имя программы (объектный файл, который получается после процесса построения проекта — компиляции). Если в проекте нет утечки памяти, вывод будет похож на этот

==15916== HEAP SUMMARY:
==15916== in use at exit: 16 bytes in 1 blocks
==15916== total heap usage: 5 allocs, 4 frees, 80 bytes allocated
==15916==
==15916== LEAK SUMMARY:
==15916== definitely lost: 16 bytes in 1 blocks
==15916== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==15916== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==15916== still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==15916== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==15916== Rerun with —leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory
==15916==
==15916== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==15916== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

(Обратите внимание, что 15916 — идентификатор процесса в системе, он будет отличаться от запуска к запуску.)

Если у вас утечка памяти, то количество malloc и количество free будут отличаться (вы не можете использовать один free для освобождения памяти, принадлежащей более чем одному malloc). Мы вернемся к ошибкам позже, а сейчас заметьте, что некоторые ошибки могут быть упущены — это потому, что эти ошибки будут в стандартных библиотечных функциях, а не в вашем коде.

Если количество malloc отличается от количества free, вы захотите перезапустить программу снова с опцией leak-check. Это покажет вам все вызовы malloc/new и т.д., которые не имеют соответствующего free.

В целях демонстрации я буду использовать очень простую программу, которую я скомпилирую в исполняемый файл под названием "example1"

int main()
{
    char *ix = new char [10]; // или, char *ix = malloc(10) для языка СИ
    return 0;
}

Это покажет некоторую информацию о программе, завершающуюся списком вызовов new, которые не имеют последующих вызовов delete:

==18350== HEAP SUMMARY:
==18350== in use at exit: 10 bytes in 1 blocks
==18350== total heap usage: 1 allocs, 0 frees, 10 bytes allocated

Это не дает нам столько информации, как хотелось бы, но — мы знаем, что утечка памяти произошла из-за вызова new в main, но у нас нет номера строки. Проблема в том, что мы компилировали без параметра -g в g++, который добавляет символы отладки. Поэтому, если мы перекомпилируем код с отладочной информацией, мы получим более полезную информацию:

==15635== HEAP SUMMARY:
==15635== in use at exit: 10 bytes in 1 blocks
==15635== total heap usage: 1 allocs, 0 frees, 10 bytes allocated
==15635==
==15635== 10 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 1
==15635== at 0x4C2BAD7: operator new[](unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:363)
==15635== by 0x400575: main (man.cpp:3)

Теперь мы знаем точную строку, где был вызов new, в третьей строке. Хотя отслеживание места, где необходимо освободить память, еще под вопросом, по крайней мере, вы знаете, с чего начать поиск. И так как для каждого вызова malloc или new, вы должны иметь план по работе с памятью, знание, где произошла утечка памяти поможет вам выяснить, где начать поиск.

Иногда --leak-check=yes не показывает все утечки памяти. Чтобы найти абсолютно все непарные вызовы free или new, необходимо использовать --show-reachable=yes. Вывод программы будет почти точно такой же, но он будет показывать больше неосвобождённой памяти.

Поиск недопустимого использования указателя с Valgrind

Valgrind может также показывать неверное использование памяти с помощью инструмента Memcheck. Например, если выделить массив импользуя malloc или new, а затем попытаться получить доступ к элементу за пределами массива:

char *ptr = new char [10];
ptr[10] = 'c';

Valgrind обнаружит его. Например, проверим следующую программу, с помощью Valgrind

int main()
{
    char *ptr = new char [10];
    ptr[10] = 'c';
    return 0;
}

Сначала компилируем в g++  этот исходник, команда g++ -g programname. После этого в терминале вводим команду запуска Valgrind:

valgrind —tool=memcheck —leak-check=yes ‘/home/den/a.out’

В ответ Valgrind нам выдаст следующее сообщение:

==15911== Invalid write of size 1
==15911== at 0x400582: main (man.cpp:4)
==15911== Address 0x5a0504a is 0 bytes after a block of size 10 alloc’d
==15911== at 0x4C2BAD7: operator new[](unsigned long) (vg_replace_malloc.c:363)
==15911== by 0x400575: main (man.cpp:3)

Это говорит нам о том, что мы используем указатель, выделенный для 10 байт, за пределами этого диапазона, — следовательно, мы получаем Invalid write. Если бы мы пытались читать из этой памяти, мы бы получили предупреждение Invalid read of size num, где num — это объем памяти, который мы пытаемся прочитать. (Для char это будет один, а для int это будет либо 2, либо 4, в зависимости от вашей системы.) Как обычно, Valgrind выводит трассировку стека вызовов функций, так что мы точно знаем, где произошла ошибка .

Обнаружение использования неинициализированных переменных

Другой тип операции, которую обнаруживает Valgrind, это использование неинициализированного значения в условном операторе. Хотя у вас должна войти в привычку инициализация всех переменных, которые вы создаете, Valgrind поможет найти их в тех случаях, когда вы ее не делаете. Например, выполнив следующий код:

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    int num;
    if(num == 0)    
        std::cout << "num равна нулю"; // или printf() для языка Си    
    return 0;
}

через Valgrind, получим следующий ответ:

==16284== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==16284== at 0x4006E0: main (man.cpp:6)

Valgrind достаточно умен, чтобы знать, что, если переменной не присваивается значение, то эта переменная все еще находится в «неинициализированном» состоянии, а значит никаких операций с ней быть не должно, до тех пор пока она не инициализируется. Например, выполнив следующий код:

#include <iostream>

int func(int val)
{
    if(val < 7)
    {
        std::cout << "val меньше 7n";
    }
}

int main()
{
    int num;
    func(num);
}

в Valgrind, результом будет следующее предупреждение:

==16371== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==16371== at 0x4006E3: func(int) (man.cpp:5)
==16371== by 0x400707: main (man.cpp:14)

Вы думаете, что проблема была в func, и что остальная часть вызовов стека, вероятно, не так уж важна. Но так как main предоставляет неинициализированное значение в foo (мы не присваиваем значение num), то получается, что здесь мы должны начать искать и отслеживать путь присвоения переменных, пока не найдем переменную, которая не была инициализирована.

Это поможет только если вы на самом деле тестируете ту ветвь кода, и, в частности, тот условный оператор. Убедитесь в том, что вы охватили все пути выполнения во время тестирования!

Что еще находит Valgrind

Valgrind обнаружит другие случаи неправильного использования памяти: если вы вызываете delete  дважды с одним и тем же значением указателя, Valgrind обнаружит это, и вы получите сообщение об ошибке:

==16441== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] / realloc()

Valgrind также обнаруживает неправильно выбранные методы освобождения памяти. Например, в C++ есть три основных варианта для освобождения динамической памяти: free, delete и delete[]. Функция free должна быть согласована с вызовом malloc, а не с вызовом, например, delete — на некоторых системах вы могли бы не делать этого, но это не очень переносимо. Кроме того, ключевое слово delete должно быть только в паре с ключевым словом new (для выделения отдельных объектов), а ключевое слово delete[] должно быть только в паре с ключевым словом new[] (для распределения массивов). (Хотя некоторые компиляторы позволят обойтись без использования неправильной версии delete, нет никакой гарантии, что все из них позволят это.)

Что Valgrind не найдет?

Valgrind не выполняет проверку границ в статических массивах (выделенных в стеке). Так что если вы объявите массив внутри функции:

int main()
{
    char string[10];
    string[11] = 'c';
}

то Valgrind не предупредит вас! Одно из возможных решений для тестирования — просто изменить свои статические массивы на динамически выделяемые, где вы получите проверку на границы, хотя это может внести дополнительную путаницу связанную с вызовами delete.

Еще несколько предостережений

Какой недостаток использования Valgrind? Он использует больше памяти — до двух раз больше, чем ваша обычная программа. Если вы тестируете программу, которая использует очень много памяти, у вас могут возникнуть проблемы. Также увеличивается время запуска программы, когда вы используете Valgrind. Но это не проблема, так как это только во время тестирования. Но если ваша программа медленная, это может быть существенным.

Наконец, Valgrind не обнаружит все ваши ошибки — если вы не проверите переполнение буфера с помощью длинных строк ввода, Valgrind не скажет, что ваш код может записывать в память, которой он не должен касаться. Valgrind, как и любой другой инструмент, необходимо использовать разумно, как способ устранения проблем.

Вывод

Valgrind является инструментом для архитектур x86 и AMD64, и в настоящее время работает под управлением Linux. Valgrind позволяет программисту запустить исполняемый файл внутри своей собственной среды, в которой он проверяет непарные вызовы malloc и другие виды недопустимого использования памяти (например, инициализируемой памяти) или неверных операций с памятью (например, двойное освобождение блока памяти или вызов неправильной функции освобождения памяти). Valgrind не проверяет использование статистически выделенных массивов.

Can you install Valgrind on Windows?

clang and Valgrind on Windows are supported via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). If you haven’t already installed WSL on your computer, see the instructions at the Microsoft WSL installation site. If you are doing this for the first time, select Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

How to add Valgrind to Eclipse?

In order for the Valgrind plug-in for Eclipse to work properly, you should have the valgrind-3.3. 0 (or later) package installed on your system first. Once the valgrind package is installed, the easiest way to install the Valgrind plug-in for Eclipse is through the Software Updates and Add-ons menu.

How do I download and install Valgrind?

You can do this by following the instructions at DebuggingProgramCrash.

  1. Make sure Valgrind is installed. sudo apt-get install valgrind.
  2. Remove any old Valgrind logs: rm valgrind.log*
  3. Start the program under control of memcheck:

What is the latest version of Eclipse Oxygen?

Eclipse 4.7 (Oxygen) was released on June 28, 2017. See Oxygen schedule. A Java 8 or newer JRE/JDK is required to run all Oxygen packages based on Eclipse 4.7, including running the Installer.

What is valgrind Linux?

Valgrind (/ˈvælɡrɪnd/) is a programming tool for memory debugging, memory leak detection, and profiling. Valgrind was originally designed to be a free memory debugging tool for Linux on x86, but has since evolved to become a generic framework for creating dynamic analysis tools such as checkers and profilers.

Is Valgrind free?

Valgrind is Open Source / Free Software, and is freely available under the GNU General Public License, version 2.

How do I download the latest version of Eclipse for Windows?

5 Steps to Install Eclipse

  1. Download the Eclipse Installer. Download Eclipse Installer from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads.
  2. Start the Eclipse Installer executable.
  3. Select the package to install.
  4. Select your installation folder.
  5. Launch Eclipse.

Which Eclipse is best for Java?

Generally Java 8 works the best for most/all versions of Eclipse, including older ones. But if you want to use newer language/library features for Java development and need a newer version of Java for that purpose then newer versions should work with 2019-03 as well. I still mostly use Java 8 for all my IDEs.

Where can I find valgrind executable?

SOLVED Valgrind executable? There is a field of settings of Analizer > Generic Settings > Valgrind executable.

Can I use Valgrind in Eclipse?

The Linux Tools Project Valgrind plugin aims to provide simple and effective profiling for the C/C++ Development Tools. There is an abundance of Valgrind functionality to expose in Eclipse. Valgrind itself is very component based and this relates well to Eclipse plugins.

How do I build Valgrind for Windows?

Valgrind for Windows uses the MinGW build environment. You need to download and install MinGW and the Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows. If you want to build Valgrind for 64 bit Windows, download and install a 64 bit tool chain, either: The project comes with a Eclipse CDT project definition, so you can use the Eclipse IDE if you like.

What is the best alternative to Valgrind?

DeleakerConsole.exe prepares memory leaks reports in XML format that can be analyzed. If you are looking for an alternative of Valgrind, try Deleaker. It is a C++ memory leak detection tool for Windows that is fast, supports both 32-bit and 64-bit code, and integrates with all major IDE including Visual Studio, Qt Creator and RAD Studio.

What is the best Valgrind GUI for Memcheck?

Valkyrie is a Qt4-based GUI for the Valgrind 3.6.x and 3.7.x series, that works for the Memcheck and Helgrind tools. It also has an XML merging tool for Memcheck outputs (vk_logmerge). This tarball is known to build and work with valgrind-3.6.0 and valgrind-3.7.0.

Valgrind for Windows / Wiki / DevelopmentEnvironment

Check out the source code .
Open a Windows command prompt cmd.exe
cd to the source code directory.
run: sh ./autogen.sh.
configure either for the 32 bit or 64 bit version.
build the source by running: make.
build tests by running: make check.

Can you Use Valgrind on Windows?

Valgrind is a developer tool for C++ developers used to find memory issues including C++ memory leak detection. Valgrind heavy relies on Linux internals, thats why Valgrind does not support Windows.

How do I Get Valgrind for Windows?

press win+s to open Cortana.
search for windows features , open Turn Windows features On or Off.
find Windows Subsystem for Linux Beta , click to turn it on.
After a restart you could now open your windows command line and input bash , then enter.

How do I Install Valgrind?

Make sure Valgrind is installed. sudo apt-get install valgrind.
Remove any old Valgrind logs: rm valgrind.log*
Start the program under control of memcheck:

How do you Install Valgrind on CLion Windows?

Install Valgrind on your system.
In CLion, go to Settings / Preferences | Build, Execution, Deployment | Dynamic Analysis Tools | Valgrind.
CLion will attempt to detect the Valgrind binary by searching in standard locations defined in the system PATH variable.

Valgrind for Memory Leakage Detection — Installation and Demo

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