valgrind

Wrapper for a set of expert tools for profiling, optimizing and debugging programs.

Commonly used tools include `memcheck`, `cachegrind`, `callgrind`, `massif`, `helgrind`, and `drd`.

• Use the (default) Memcheck tool to show a diagnostic of memory usage by `program`:

valgrind {program}

• Use Memcheck to report all possible memory leaks of `program` in full detail:

valgrind --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all {program}

• Use the Cachegrind tool to profile and log CPU cache operations of `program`:

valgrind --tool=cachegrind {program}

• Use the Massif tool to profile and log heap memory and stack usage of `program`:

valgrind --tool=massif --stacks=yes {program}

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