1usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args 2 3 tool-selection option, with default in [ ]: 4 --tool=<name> use the Valgrind tool named <name> [memcheck] 5 6 basic user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]: 7 -h --help show this message 8 --help-debug show this message, plus debugging options 9 --version show version 10 -q --quiet run silently; only print error msgs 11 -v --verbose be more verbose -- show misc extra info 12 --trace-children=no|yes Valgrind-ise child processes (follow execve)? [no] 13 --trace-children-skip=patt1,patt2,... specifies a list of executables 14 that --trace-children=yes should not trace into 15 --trace-children-skip-by-arg=patt1,patt2,... same as --trace-children-skip= 16 but check the argv[] entries for children, rather 17 than the exe name, to make a follow/no-follow decision 18 --child-silent-after-fork=no|yes omit child output between fork & exec? [no] 19 --vgdb=no|yes|full activate gdbserver? [yes] 20 full is slower but provides precise watchpoint/step 21 --vgdb-error=<number> invoke gdbserver after <number> errors [999999999] 22 to get started quickly, use --vgdb-error=0 23 and follow the on-screen directions 24 --track-fds=no|yes track open file descriptors? [no] 25 --time-stamp=no|yes add timestamps to log messages? [no] 26 --log-fd=<number> log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr] 27 --log-file=<file> log messages to <file> 28 --log-socket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port 29 30 user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: 31 --xml=yes emit error output in XML (some tools only) 32 --xml-fd=<number> XML output to file descriptor 33 --xml-file=<file> XML output to <file> 34 --xml-socket=ipaddr:port XML output to socket ipaddr:port 35 --xml-user-comment=STR copy STR verbatim into XML output 36 --demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes] 37 --num-callers=<number> show <number> callers in stack traces [12] 38 --error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes] 39 --error-exitcode=<number> exit code to return if errors found [0=disable] 40 --show-below-main=no|yes continue stack traces below main() [no] 41 --suppressions=<filename> suppress errors described in <filename> 42 --gen-suppressions=no|yes|all print suppressions for errors? [no] 43 --db-attach=no|yes start debugger when errors detected? [no] 44 --db-command=<command> command to start debugger [... -nw %f %p] 45 --input-fd=<number> file descriptor for input [0=stdin] 46 --dsymutil=no|yes run dsymutil on Mac OS X when helpful? [no] 47 --max-stackframe=<number> assume stack switch for SP changes larger 48 than <number> bytes [2000000] 49 --main-stacksize=<number> set size of main thread's stack (in bytes) 50 [use current 'ulimit' value] 51 52 user options for Valgrind tools that replace malloc: 53 --alignment=<number> set minimum alignment of heap allocations [not used by this tool] 54 --redzone-size=<number> set minimum size of redzones added before/after 55 heap blocks (in bytes). [not used by this tool] 56 57 uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools: 58 --fullpath-after= (with nothing after the '=') 59 show full source paths in call stacks 60 --fullpath-after=string like --fullpath-after=, but only show the 61 part of the path after 'string'. Allows removal 62 of path prefixes. Use this flag multiple times 63 to specify a set of prefixes to remove. 64 --smc-check=none|stack|all|all-non-file [stack] 65 checks for self-modifying code: none, only for 66 code found in stacks, for all code, or for all 67 code except that from file-backed mappings 68 --read-var-info=yes|no read debug info on stack and global variables 69 and use it to print better error messages in 70 tools that make use of it (Memcheck, Helgrind, 71 DRD) [no] 72 --vgdb-poll=<number> gdbserver poll max every <number> basic blocks [5000] 73 --vgdb-shadow-registers=no|yes let gdb see the shadow registers [no] 74 --vgdb-prefix=<prefix> prefix for vgdb FIFOs [/tmp/vgdb-pipe] 75 --run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit on Linux? [yes] 76 --sim-hints=hint1,hint2,... known hints: 77 lax-ioctls, enable-outer, fuse-compatible [none] 78 --fair-sched=no|yes|try schedule threads fairly on multicore systems [no] 79 --kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,... known variants: bproc [none] 80 handle non-standard kernel variants 81 --show-emwarns=no|yes show warnings about emulation limits? [no] 82 --require-text-symbol=:sonamepattern:symbolpattern abort run if the 83 stated shared object doesn't have the stated 84 text symbol. Patterns can contain ? and *. 85 --soname-synonyms=syn1=pattern1,syn2=pattern2,... synonym soname 86 specify patterns for function wrapping or replacement. 87 To use a non-libc malloc library that is 88 in the main exe: --soname-synonyms=somalloc=NONE 89 in libxyzzy.so: --soname-synonyms=somalloc=libxyzzy.so 90 91 user options for Nulgrind: 92 (none) 93 94 debugging options for all Valgrind tools: 95 -d show verbose debugging output 96 --stats=no|yes show tool and core statistics [no] 97 --sanity-level=<number> level of sanity checking to do [1] 98 --trace-flags=<XXXXXXXX> show generated code? (X = 0|1) [00000000] 99 --profile-flags=<XXXXXXXX> ditto, but for profiling (X = 0|1) [00000000] 100 --trace-notbelow=<number> only show BBs above <number> [999999999] 101 --trace-notabove=<number> only show BBs below <number> [0] 102 --trace-syscalls=no|yes show all system calls? [no] 103 --trace-signals=no|yes show signal handling details? [no] 104 --trace-symtab=no|yes show symbol table details? [no] 105 --trace-symtab-patt=<patt> limit debuginfo tracing to obj name <patt> 106 --trace-cfi=no|yes show call-frame-info details? [no] 107 --debug-dump=syms mimic /usr/bin/readelf --syms 108 --debug-dump=line mimic /usr/bin/readelf --debug-dump=line 109 --debug-dump=frames mimic /usr/bin/readelf --debug-dump=frames 110 --trace-redir=no|yes show redirection details? [no] 111 --trace-sched=no|yes show thread scheduler details? [no] 112 --profile-heap=no|yes profile Valgrind's own space use 113 --core-redzone=<number> set minimum size of redzones added before/after 114 heap blocks allocated for Valgrind internal use (in bytes) [4] 115 --wait-for-gdb=yes|no pause on startup to wait for gdb attach 116 --sym-offsets=yes|no show syms in form 'name+offset' ? [no] 117 --command-line-only=no|yes only use command line options [no] 118 119 Vex options for all Valgrind tools: 120 --vex-iropt-verbosity=<0..9> [0] 121 --vex-iropt-level=<0..2> [2] 122 --vex-iropt-register-updates=unwindregs-at-mem-access 123 |allregs-at-mem-access 124 |allregs-at-each-insn [unwindregs-at-mem-access] 125 --vex-iropt-unroll-thresh=<0..400> [120] 126 --vex-guest-max-insns=<1..100> [50] 127 --vex-guest-chase-thresh=<0..99> [10] 128 --vex-guest-chase-cond=no|yes [no] 129 --trace-flags and --profile-flags values (omit the middle space): 130 1000 0000 show conversion into IR 131 0100 0000 show after initial opt 132 0010 0000 show after instrumentation 133 0001 0000 show after second opt 134 0000 1000 show after tree building 135 0000 0100 show selecting insns 136 0000 0010 show after reg-alloc 137 0000 0001 show final assembly 138 (Nb: you need --trace-notbelow and/or --trace-notabove with --trace-flags for full details) 139 140 debugging options for Valgrind tools that report errors 141 --dump-error=<number> show translation for basic block associated 142 with <number>'th error context [0=show none] 143 144 debugging options for Valgrind tools that replace malloc: 145 --trace-malloc=no|yes show client malloc details? [no] 146 147 debugging options for Nulgrind: 148 (none) 149 150 Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc 151 152 Nulgrind is Copyright (C) 2002-2012, and GNU GPL'd, by Nicholas Nethercote. 153 Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2012, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. 154 LibVEX is Copyright (C) 2004-2012, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP et al. 155 156 Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org. 157 158