Project Description
Visual Leak Detector is a free, robust, open-source memory leak detection system for Visual C++.
It's pretty easy to use. After installing it, you just need to tell Visual C++ where to find the included header and library file.
Then it can be used with any C/C++ project simply by adding the following line to your code:
#include <vld.h>
When you run your program under the Visual Studio debugger, Visual Leak Detector will output a memory leak report at the end of your debugging session. The leak report includes the full call stack showing how any leaked memory blocks were allocated. Double-click
on a line in the call stack to jump to that file and line in the editor window.
It's a very effective way to quickly diagnose, and fix, memory leaks in C/C++ applications.
The main differencebetween the CRT DebugLibrary andVLD,is thatVisual Leak Detectorshows you the complete callstackused formemory allocationhas led to theleak.
For example:
---------- Block 1199 at 0x04BE1058: 136 bytes ---------- Call Stack: d:\Foobar\FooLog.cpp (26): FooLog::getInstance d:\Foobar\FooMain.cpp (75): FooMain::init f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\crtexe.c (578): __tmainCRTStartup f:\dd\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\crtexe.c (403): WinMainCRTStartup 0x759A3677 (File and line number not available): BaseThreadInitThunk 0x770C9D42 (File and line number not available): RtlInitializeExceptionChain 0x770C9D15 (File and line number not available): RtlInitializeExceptionChain Data: 9C 33 2D 6B 74 2A 2D 6B C8 11 BE 04 00 00 00 00 .3-kt*-k ........ 00 00 00 00 70 14 BB 6C 70 14 BB 6C 00 00 00 00 ....p..l p..l.... 00 00 00 00 68 14 BB 6C 68 14 BB 6C 00 00 00 00 ....h..l h..l.... 00 00 00 00 6C 14 BB 6C 6C 14 BB 6C 20 12 BE 04 ....l..l l..l.... 00 00 00 00 CD 00 CD CD 00 00 00 00 01 CD CD CD ........ ........ 68 14 BB 6C 78 33 2D 6B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 h..lx3-k ........ 00 00 00 00 01 02 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........ ........ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 11 BE 04 5C 10 BE 04 ........ ....\... 00 00 00 00 20 CD CD CD ........ ........
This software is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind.
The project was originally developed by
Dan Moulding, but they are no longer supported. Features of version 2.0 are implemented by Arkadiy Shapkin (me).
Links
- Visual Leak Detector Previous Official Homepage http://sites.google.com/site/dmoulding/vld
- CodeProject article: Visual Leak Detector - Enhanced Memory Leak Detection for Visual C++
- Finding Memory Leaks Using the CRT Library
- Visual Leak Detector: Investigate Memory Leaks in Visual C++