On 5/13/2014 6:49 PM, Rob Taylor wrote: > I recently discovered valgrind while searching for a way to see how much > memory (total memory > footprint) my small program represented. > > I was perplexed by the results I was seeing, since I expected at most to use > perhaps tens of > thousands of bites not Millions. My application is not dynamically > requesting/allocating memory, all > memory consumed is in the form of statically assigned character arrays, > automatic stack usage etc..
> So I did a test by running valgrind against an empty C program. The program > does nothing but return. > Can someone explain why the output shows continually increasing memory used > and in total over a 6 MB > peak? Dynamically linked libraries and their data. Some of that (most of the code areas) can be shared in real memory with other programs using the same library. There's a lot of mechanism there, even if you are not using much of it, and even if you are using parts of it without realizing it ... Regards -- Eliot Moss ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Valgrind-users mailing list Valgrind-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/valgrind-users
