Tool for identifying causes of memory leaks

Details Tool for identifying causes of memory leaks Tool for identifying causes of memory leaks

2007-12-25

2007-12-25

Kim, Matthew (Department: 2186)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Control technique

C711S170000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11084407

ABSTRACT:
A method for identifying memory leak causes is provided. The method initiates with tracking a number of allocations of objects during a time period. Potentially leaking objects are identified and object lifetime tracking instrumentation is injected into the code to track potentially leaking objects. Then, object lifetime logs are generated for each of the potentially leaking objects. A computer readable medium and a system are also provided.

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