Author: bursa Date: Mon Jan 1 20:39:27 2007 New Revision: 3131 URL: http://svn.semichrome.net?rev=3131&view=rev Log: How to use dmalloc to find leaks. Added: trunk/netsurf/Docs/05-memory Added: trunk/netsurf/Docs/05-memory URL: http://svn.semichrome.net/trunk/netsurf/Docs/05-memory?rev=3131&view=... ============================================================================== --- trunk/netsurf/Docs/05-memory (added) +++ trunk/netsurf/Docs/05-memory Mon Jan 1 20:39:27 2007 @@ -1,0 +1,19 @@ +Memory management +================= + +This section describes memory management. See Error handling for how memory +exhaustion is handled. + +Finding leaks on RISC OS +------------------------ +Memory allocation can be traced and leaks can be found using dmalloc. + +Install dmalloc from the riscos.info autobuilder. Set the environment variable +TLINK_MEMCHECK=dmalloc and re-link !RunImage. + +On RISC OS, + + *Set DMALLOC_OPTIONS debug=0x2,log=dmalloc_log + +set the working directory to a RAM disc, and run NetSurf. When it quits, +dmalloc_log will contain a list of unfreed blocks.