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valgrind

An open-source memory debugger for GNU/Linux

https://valgrind.org

Available Versions

Versionamd64x86alphaarmarm64hppamipsppcppc64riscvsparc
9999  : 0 EAPI 8?amd64?x86?alpha?arm?arm64?hppa?mips?ppc?ppc64?riscv?sparc
3.24.0_p1  : 0 EAPI 8 ~amd64 ~x86 -alpha ~arm ~arm64 -hppa -mips ~ppc ~ppc64 -riscv -sparc
3.24.0  : 0 EAPI 8 ~amd64 ~x86 -alpha ~arm ~arm64 -hppa -mips ~ppc ~ppc64 -riscv -sparc
3.23.0_p3  : 0 EAPI 8 amd64 x86 -alpha arm arm64 -hppa -mips ppc ppc64 -riscv -sparc

Package Metadata

  • Upstream
    Remote-Id(cpe) cpe:/a:valgrind:valgrind
  • Full description
    Valgrind is a GPL'd tool to help you find memory-management problems in your programs. When a program is run under Valgrind's supervision, all reads and writes of memory are checked, and calls to malloc/new/free/delete are intercepted. As a result, Valgrind can detect problems such as - Use of uninitialised memory - Reading/writing memory after it has been free'd - Reading/writing off the end of malloc'd blocks - Reading/writing inappropriate areas on the stack - Memory leaks -- where pointers to malloc'd blocks are lost forever - Passing of uninitialised and/or unaddressible memory to system calls - Mismatched use of malloc/new/new [] vs free/delete/delete [] - Some abuses of the POSIX Pthreads API
  • USE flags
    Global Use Flags
  • License
    GPL-2
  • Maintainer(s)
    Gentoo Toolchain Project