Features/MemoryDebuggingTools

Memory Debugging Tools

Summary

The gdb debugger has been extended with new commands that make it easier to track down and fix excessive memory usage within programs and libraries.

Owner

• Name: Dave Malcolm

• Email: <dmalcolm@redhat.com>

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 42
• Last updated: 2010-07-07
• Percentage of completion: 10%

Initial version of code ready to upload; preparing upstream project for initial launch: https://fedorahosted.org/gdb-heap/

RFEs filed for gdb

• RHBZ #610241: RFE: please expose "info symbol ADDRESS" in the python API
• RHBZ #610249: RFE: notification about changes in the inferior process

Dependencies

There's a baseline of functionality that I'm developing on top of Fedora 13's gdb.

Some features require additional work in gdb, which I've filed RFE bugs for. Naturally this will require coordination with gdb to ensure that they land in Fedora 14.

Comments and Discussion

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