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8<title>Nulgrind: the minimal Valgrind tool</title>
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10<para>To use this tool, you must specify
11<option>--tool=none</option> on the Valgrind
12command line.</para>
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14<sect1 id="ms-manual.overview" xreflabel="Overview">
15<title>Overview</title>
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17<para>Nulgrind is the simplest possible Valgrind tool.  It performs no
18instrumentation or analysis of a program, just runs it normally.  It is
19mainly of use for Valgrind's developers for debugging and regression
20testing.</para>
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22<para>Nonetheless you can run programs with Nulgrind.  They will run
23roughly 5 times more slowly than normal, for no useful effect.  Note
24that you need to use the option <option>--tool=none</option> to run
25Nulgrind (ie. not <option>--tool=nulgrind</option>).</para>
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