Re: Link gnat with "purify" to try to find a memory leak

[xavier grave <xavier.grave@ipno.in2p3.fr>]

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FJCS_Montecoruto a �crit :
> Hi all,
> 
> A "memory leak" has been detected in one of our Gnat-Ada/GtkAda
> executables. I was directed with others to try to find where exactly
> is it located in our code.
> 
> Is it possible to somehow use "Rational Purify", to link it with our
> Gnat-Ada/GtkAda objects, and so generate some instrumentalized
> executable to run and test it under "Purify" ?.
> 
> If so, is there an "easy way" to be able to do it ?. We have tried,
> but we have had a hard time linking the objects.
> 
> (I am also aware we have  "gnatmem" available to confirm the leakage,
> which we did. But now we would need to isolate the problem more
> precisely, in the middle of a big lot of source code lines ).
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> Thank you,
> FJCS

Hi,

I'm not used to purify, but I had a similar problem and I solved it
using valgrind.

My command looks like this :
valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full --show-reachable=yes -v
executable_name

or the same plus : --log-socket=127.0.0.1:12345
if you want to use valgrind-listener

Hope it will help, xavier
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