DebugCRunTimeMemoryManagement.pptVIP

Debug C Run-Time Memory Management Chapter 17, Debugging Applications for .NET and Windows by John Robbins March 19th 2004 Divyanand M. Kutagulla, SU, Dept of EECS, dkutagulla@ Main Topics The Debug C Runtime Library (The DCRT) How to setup use the DCRT Useful DCRT functions Memory Management OS heaps Useful VS.NET Compiler switches The Debug C Runtime Library (The DCRT) References 1. Robbins’ Book 2. Platform SDK Overview The Debug C Run-Time Library DCRT Features Setting up and Using the DCRT Useful DCRT functions DCRT library versions An Important Note The Debug C Run-Time Library The Debug version of the C/C++ runtime on the Microsoft platforms ‘Memory debugging’ for C/C++ Has been there since Visual C++ 4… a.k.a. DCRT (say it as: “D-Cert”) DCRT Features Heap Memory tracking support Allocations De-allocations Memory underwrites, overwrites Memory Leaks Reporting Subsystem Trace of the app’s memory behavior Heap Memory Tracking Support Memory allocations done through new, malloc, calloc Memory underwrites, overwrites Reported through an assertion in the DCRT Memory Leaks Reported at app exit though a call to OutputDebugString MFC reports memory leaks this way… Reporting Subsystem Reporting Subsystem (trace) _RPTn _RPTFn macros n is a number from 1 to 4, shows how many parameters to report Can redirect the reports to any destination (a logfile, console etc) Assertion support through the ASSERT macro Violates the CROA (Cardinal rule of assertions) by destroying the last error code... Setting up Using the DCRT DCRT Source Files DCRT Setup DCRT Flags Useful DCRT functions DCRT Source Files Optionally installed during VS.NET installation If CRT source code installation is selected Install Path: VS. NET inst dir\vc7\crt\src\ VS.NET inst dir: VS.NET installation directory E.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\crt\src DCRT Source Files (cont’d) DCRT Source Files (cont’d) DCRT Setup #define the _CRT_DBG_MAP_ALLOC macro before any