usage: valgrind [options] prog-and-args tool-selection option, with default in [ ]: --tool= use the Valgrind tool named [memcheck] basic user options for all Valgrind tools, with defaults in [ ]: -h --help show this message --help-debug show this message, plus debugging options --version show version -q --quiet run silently; only print error msgs -v --verbose be more verbose -- show misc extra info --trace-children=no|yes Valgrind-ise child processes (follow execve)? [no] --trace-children-skip=patt1,patt2,... specifies a list of executables that --trace-children=yes should not trace into --child-silent-after-fork=no|yes omit child output between fork & exec? [no] --track-fds=no|yes track open file descriptors? [no] --time-stamp=no|yes add timestamps to log messages? [no] --log-fd= log messages to file descriptor [2=stderr] --log-file= log messages to --log-socket=ipaddr:port log messages to socket ipaddr:port user options for Valgrind tools that report errors: --xml=yes emit error output in XML (some tools only) --xml-fd= XML output to file descriptor --xml-file= XML output to --xml-socket=ipaddr:port XML output to socket ipaddr:port --xml-user-comment=STR copy STR verbatim into XML output --demangle=no|yes automatically demangle C++ names? [yes] --num-callers= show callers in stack traces [12] --error-limit=no|yes stop showing new errors if too many? [yes] --error-exitcode= exit code to return if errors found [0=disable] --show-below-main=no|yes continue stack traces below main() [no] --suppressions= suppress errors described in --gen-suppressions=no|yes|all print suppressions for errors? [no] --db-attach=no|yes start debugger when errors detected? [no] --db-command= command to start debugger [/usr/bin/gdb -nw %f %p] --input-fd= file descriptor for input [0=stdin] --dsymutil=no|yes run dsymutil on Mac OS X when helpful? [no] --max-stackframe= assume stack switch for SP changes larger than bytes [2000000] --main-stacksize= set size of main thread's stack (in bytes) [use current 'ulimit' value] user options for Valgrind tools that replace malloc: --alignment= set minimum alignment of heap allocations [16] uncommon user options for all Valgrind tools: --smc-check=none|stack|all checks for self-modifying code: none, only for code found in stacks, or all [stack] --read-var-info=yes|no read debug info on stack and global variables and use it to print better error messages in tools that make use of it (Memcheck, Helgrind, DRD) [no] --run-libc-freeres=no|yes free up glibc memory at exit on Linux? [yes] --sim-hints=hint1,hint2,... known hints: lax-ioctls, enable-outer [none] --kernel-variant=variant1,variant2,... known variants: bproc [none] handle non-standard kernel variants --show-emwarns=no|yes show warnings about emulation limits? [no] --require-text-symbol=:sonamepattern:symbolpattern abort run if the stated shared object doesn't have the stated text symbol. Patterns can contain ? and *. user options for Memcheck: --leak-check=no|summary|full search for memory leaks at exit? [summary] --leak-resolution=low|med|high differentiation of leak stack traces [high] --show-reachable=no|yes show reachable blocks in leak check? [no] --undef-value-errors=no|yes check for undefined value errors [yes] --track-origins=no|yes show origins of undefined values? [no] --partial-loads-ok=no|yes too hard to explain here; see manual [no] --freelist-vol= volume of freed blocks queue [10000000] --workaround-gcc296-bugs=no|yes self explanatory [no] --ignore-ranges=0xPP-0xQQ[,0xRR-0xSS] assume given addresses are OK --malloc-fill= fill malloc'd areas with given value --free-fill= fill free'd areas with given value Extra options read from ~/.valgrindrc, $VALGRIND_OPTS, ./.valgrindrc Memcheck is Copyright (C) 2002-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. Valgrind is Copyright (C) 2000-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al. LibVEX is Copyright (C) 2004-2010, and GNU GPL'd, by OpenWorks LLP. Bug reports, feedback, admiration, abuse, etc, to: www.valgrind.org.