[fpc-pascal] Monitoring memory usage

[Alan Mead]

Thanks for everyone, I'll tae a look at this.

-Alan

--- Mattias Gaertner <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:46:21 +0100
> Florian Klaempfl <F.Klaempfl at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Alan Mead wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there an easy way to monitor memory allocations during a
> program
> > > run (for debugging purposes)?
> > 
> > I guess the easiest is using the heaptrc unit and modifying it
> for your 
> > needs.
> 
> See lazarus: components/codetools/memcheck.pas
> The include file (memcheck_laz.inc) contains the added features:
> 
> procedure CheckHeap;
> procedure CheckHeap(const txt: ansistring);
> procedure CheckHeapWrtMemCnt(const txt: ansistring);
> procedure WriteGetMemCount(const txt: ansistring);
>  
> function MemCheck_getmem_cnt: longint;
> function MemCheck_freemem_cnt: longint;
> function MemCheck_getmem_size: longint;
> function MemCheck_freemem_size: longint;
> function MemCheck_getmem8_size: longint;
> function MemCheck_freemem8_size: longint;
> 
> You may want to change the longints to int64.
> 
> Mattias
> 
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Ideally, this would be some sort of hook into the memory
> manager
> > > rather than something like gdb because the program runs for
> hours.  
> > > 
> > > A list of the calling subroutine (or line number) and the
> amount
> > > allocated/deallocated, that would be quite helpful.  
> > > 
> > > I think I can trace most of the memory being allocated manually
> but
> > > I'd like an auditing mechanism to verify.
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > -Alan
> > > 
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