linux for technion students, by haifux

more valgrind

valgrind does not require special compilation, you simply execute like so: valgrind --num-caller=15 progname
it will run the program progname, and intercept calls to malloc/free/new/delete and monitors all memory uses,

valgrind is good only for x86s running some Non-ancient linux, this shouldn't be much of a problem.
valgrind will report several types of errors:
* Illegal read / Illegal write errors.
* Use of uninitialized values.
* Illegal frees.
* Inappropriate deallocation function.
* Passing system call parameters with inadequate read/write permissions.

valgrind will when possible tell you where in your code relevant memory blocks were allocated/freed.
valgrind is most probably not installed on the linux-box you are working on, however installation is trivial and
fairly quick: download, unpack and then run one after another:
./configure
make
make install

valgrind manual available in SUB_DIR/docs/index.html
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