在linux下使用mtrace工具检查内存泄露

1. 示例源码

#define MEMORY_TRACE

#include 
   
   
    
    		// for malloc, setenv, unsetenv
#include 
    
    
     
     		// for assert
#ifdef MEMORY_TRACE
#include 
     
     
      
      		// #1 - for mtrace, must include in the source file
#endif

int main()
{
#ifdef MEMORY_TRACE
	// #2 - the environment variable MALLOC_TRACE must specify the name \
	// of a writeable file to which the trace data is written
	assert(!setenv("MALLOC_TRACE", "./test_memory.log", 1));
#endif

#ifdef MEMORY_TRACE
	// #3 - must call mtrace() to install handlers 
	mtrace();
#endif

	// allocate (8 * 4)bytes from heap, not free them
	int *p = (int *)malloc(8 * sizeof(int));
	assert(p);

#ifdef MEMORY_TRACE	
	// #4 - deletes the variable name form the environment
	assert(!unsetenv("MALLOC_TRACE"));
#endif

	return 0;
}
     
     
    
    
   
   

 

2.编译执行及错误反馈

根据提示，程序存在内存泄露，共有32（0x20）个字节未释放，在文件test_memory.c的23行申请了这32个字节。

 

3.注意

为了使mtrace反馈的信息更具可读性，需要在编译程序的时候增加 -g 调试选项，这将在可执行程序中保留符号信息。