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malloc debugging on OSX

I can never remember all of the options for malloc(3) on OSX when debugging. So I’m posting it here so I can find it with Google Search next time I need to find it:

export MallocLogFile=/tmp/malloc.log
export MallocGuardEdges=1
export MallocStackLogging=1
export MallocStackLoggingNoCompact=1
export MallocPreScribble=1
export MallocScribble=1
export MallocCheckHeapAbort=1
export MallocBadFreeAbort=1
ulimit -c unlimited

similar malloc debugging for linux:

MALLOC_TRACE=/tmp/out.log

related: memcheck.
and more info on the suse wiki.

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One Response to “malloc debugging on OSX”

  1. John Yerhot says:
    August 12, 2009 at 6:16 am

    I’ve always been a big fan of emailing stuff like this to myself so I can find it in Gmail later.

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