Introduction

Valgrind is a programming tool for memory debugging, memory leak detection, and profiling. It is named after the main entrance to Valhalla in Norse mythology.

Valgrind was originally designed to be a free memory debugging tool for Linux on x86, but has since evolved to become a generic framework for creating dynamic analysis tools such as checkers and profilers. It is used by a number of Linux-based projects. Since version 3.5, Valgrind also works on OS X.

The original author of Valgrind is Julian Seward, who in 2006 won a Google-O'Reilly Open Source Award for his work on Valgrind. Several others have also made significant contributions, including Cerion Armour-Brown, Jeremy Fitzhardinge, Tom Hughes, Nicholas Nethercote, Paul Mackerras, Dirk Mueller, Bart Van Assche, Josef Weidendorfer, and Robert Walsh.

Usage

People

1. Jaric Zola, instructor.

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valgrind
2. http://www.valgrind.org/