I have used libumem (http://access1.sun.com/techarticles/libumem.html) on Solaris to find leaks and corruption in my application. I found a couple of problems in libssh2 that we subsequently fixed in libssh2-0.15. My application only exercises a small subset of the library (retrieving files via sftp), so there might be similar problems elsewhere in the library that have not been found yet.
-- Troy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 3:16 AM To: roberto pulvirenti Cc: libssh2 hacking; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [libssh2] looking for memory leak On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, roberto pulvirenti wrote: > Have you ever used valgrind or any other similar tool for detecting > memory leak on the last release of libssh2? Yes. I've used valgrind on it on occasion. > Your experience, if positive (even if on other operating > system/compiler), could give me enough confidence that libssh2 is a good choice. libssh2 is still not very widely used and lots of changes have been done in it during the last year so there's of course a risk that there are remaining problems and leaks in there. The library has a rather extensive API so various applications are likely to use it in new and different ways that might provoke different problems. But as this is open source, everyone is free and invited to dive in and fix and improve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ libssh2-devel mailing list libssh2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libssh2-devel ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ libssh2-devel mailing list libssh2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libssh2-devel
