Debugging Dynamic Memory Usage Errors Using HP WDB (5900-1474; WDB 6.2; January 2011)

(gdb) b <probepoint>

3. Run the program by entering the following command:

(gdb)run

4. When the program is stopped at a breakpoint, enter the following info heap

command:

(gdb) info heap

The following output is displayed:

Analyzing heap ...done

Actual Heap Usage:

Heap Start = 0x40408000

Heap End = 0x4041a900

Heap Size = 76288 bytes

Outstanding Allocations:

41558 bytes allocated in 28 blocks

No. Total bytes Blocks Address Function

0 34567 1 0x40411000 foo()

1 4096 1 0x7bd63000 bar()

2 1234 1 0x40419710 baz()

3 245 8 0x404108b0 boo()

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