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getsoubl

Reputation: 1055

Kill a process that runs under valgrind and create summary

I use the valgrind version 3.12.0 under x86_64 GNU/Linux. The distibuition of Linux is the Suse version 3.0.101-63-default. I try to terminate the valgrind process using kill pid , but the signal is ignored. Only when the SIGBUS signal is sent the valgrind is terminated and the summary is created. But I do not know if using this signal I take the correct results? Is any other way to terminate the valgrind? I use kill -9 but no summary is create at all

Thank you

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3780

Answers (1)

phd
phd

Reputation: 3807

Effectively, kill -9 does not allow valgrind to produce a report, as signal 9 cannot be handled by a process. Any other signal that will terminate your program will be properly handled by Valgrind, and lead to e.g. a correct leak report for memcheck tool.

Note that by using from a shell the vgdb command, you can give instructions to valgrind during execution. For example, you can trigger a leak search.

See http://www.valgrind.org/docs/manual/manual-core-adv.html#manual-core-adv.valgrind-monitor-commands for more information.

Upvotes: 2

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