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1usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args
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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    --vgdb-stop-at=event1,event2,... invoke gdbserver for given events [none]
25         where event is one of startup exit valgrindabexit all none
26    --track-fds=no|yes        track open file descriptors? [no]
27    --time-stamp=no|yes       add timestamps to log messages? [no]
28    --log-fd=<number>         log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr]
29    --log-file=<file>         log messages to <file>
30    --log-socket=ipaddr:port  log messages to socket ipaddr:port
31
32  user options for Valgrind tools that report errors:
33    --xml=yes                 emit error output in XML (some tools only)
34    --xml-fd=<number>         XML output to file descriptor
35    --xml-file=<file>         XML output to <file>
36    --xml-socket=ipaddr:port  XML output to socket ipaddr:port
37    --xml-user-comment=STR    copy STR verbatim into XML output
38    --demangle=no|yes         automatically demangle C++ names? [yes]
39    --num-callers=<number>    show <number> callers in stack traces [12]
40    --error-limit=no|yes      stop showing new errors if too many? [yes]
41    --error-exitcode=<number> exit code to return if errors found [0=disable]
42    --show-below-main=no|yes  continue stack traces below main() [no]
43    --suppressions=<filename> suppress errors described in <filename>
44    --gen-suppressions=no|yes|all    print suppressions for errors? [no]
45    --db-attach=no|yes        start debugger when errors detected? [no]
46    --db-command=<command>    command to start debugger [... -nw %f %p]
47    --input-fd=<number>       file descriptor for input [0=stdin]
48    --dsymutil=no|yes         run dsymutil on Mac OS X when helpful? [no]
49    --max-stackframe=<number> assume stack switch for SP changes larger
50                              than <number> bytes [2000000]
51    --main-stacksize=<number> set size of main thread's stack (in bytes)
52                              [min(max(current 'ulimit' value,1MB),16MB)]
53
54  user options for Valgrind tools that replace malloc:
55    --alignment=<number>      set minimum alignment of heap allocations [not used by this tool]
56    --redzone-size=<number>   set minimum size of redzones added before/after
57                              heap blocks (in bytes). [not used by this tool]
58
59  uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools:
60    --fullpath-after=         (with nothing after the '=')
61                              show full source paths in call stacks
62    --fullpath-after=string   like --fullpath-after=, but only show the
63                              part of the path after 'string'.  Allows removal
64                              of path prefixes.  Use this flag multiple times
65                              to specify a set of prefixes to remove.
66    --extra-debuginfo-path=path    absolute path to search for additional
67                              debug symbols, in addition to existing default
68                              well known search paths.
69    --debuginfo-server=ipaddr:port    also query this server
70                              (valgrind-di-server) for debug symbols
71    --allow-mismatched-debuginfo=no|yes  [no]
72                              for the above two flags only, accept debuginfo
73                              objects that don't "match" the main object
74    --smc-check=none|stack|all|all-non-file [stack]
75                              checks for self-modifying code: none, only for
76                              code found in stacks, for all code, or for all
77                              code except that from file-backed mappings
78    --read-var-info=yes|no    read debug info on stack and global variables
79                              and use it to print better error messages in
80                              tools that make use of it (Memcheck, Helgrind,
81                              DRD) [no]
82    --vgdb-poll=<number>      gdbserver poll max every <number> basic blocks [5000]
83    --vgdb-shadow-registers=no|yes   let gdb see the shadow registers [no]
84    --vgdb-prefix=<prefix>    prefix for vgdb FIFOs [/tmp/vgdb-pipe]
85    --run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit on Linux? [yes]
86    --sim-hints=hint1,hint2,...  known hints:
87                                 lax-ioctls, enable-outer, fuse-compatible [none]
88    --fair-sched=no|yes|try   schedule threads fairly on multicore systems [no]
89    --kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,...  known variants: bproc [none]
90                              handle non-standard kernel variants
91    --merge-recursive-frames=<number>  merge frames between identical
92           program counters in max <number> frames) [0]
93    --num-transtab-sectors=<number> size of translated code cache [16]
94           more sectors may increase performance, but use more memory.
95    --aspace-minaddr=0xPP     avoid mapping memory below 0xPP [guessed]
96    --show-emwarns=no|yes     show warnings about emulation limits? [no]
97    --require-text-symbol=:sonamepattern:symbolpattern    abort run if the
98                              stated shared object doesn't have the stated
99                              text symbol.  Patterns can contain ? and *.
100    --soname-synonyms=syn1=pattern1,syn2=pattern2,... synonym soname
101              specify patterns for function wrapping or replacement.
102              To use a non-libc malloc library that is
103                  in the main exe:  --soname-synonyms=somalloc=NONE
104                  in libxyzzy.so:   --soname-synonyms=somalloc=libxyzzy.so
105    --sigill-diagnostics=yes|no  warn about illegal instructions? [yes]
106    --unw-stack-scan-thresh=<number>   Enable stack-scan unwind if fewer
107                  than <number> good frames found  [0, meaning "disabled"]
108                  NOTE: stack scanning is only available on arm-linux.
109    --unw-stack-scan-frames=<number>   Max number of frames that can be
110                  recovered by stack scanning [5]
111
112  user options for Nulgrind:
113    (none)
114
115  Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc
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117  Nulgrind is Copyright (C) 2002-2013, and GNU GPL'd, by Nicholas Nethercote.
118  Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2013, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
119  LibVEX is Copyright (C) 2004-2013, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP et al.
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121  Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org.
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