Profiling with Valgrind

Describe the procedure for using Valgrind to profile and check memory leaks.

Purpose

Describe the procedure for using Valgrind to profile and check memory leaks.

Valgrind runs on Linux and MacOS platforms.

Procedure

1. Follow the INSTALL.txt to build from source with debugging.

   [admb-trunk]$ make debug 
   

2. Build model with debug.

   [admb-trunk/examples/admb/simple/]$ admb -g simple 
   

3. Check memory.

   [admb-trunk/examples/admb/simple/]$ valgrind --tool=memcheck --leak-check=full ./simple 
   

   Output gives description of any leaks.

4. Check profile.

   [admb-trunk/examples/admb/simple/]$ valgrind --tool=callgrind ./simple  
   

   Visualize profile

   [admb-trunk/example/admb/simple/]$ kcachegrind callgrind.*