[webkit-dev] Debugging Memory Errors

Bear Travis betravis at adobe.com
Wed May 15 17:54:02 PDT 2013


Hi WebKit,

I was wondering how folks debug memory errors such as use after free and allocated memory overflows.
I have seen some bugs mentioning libgmalloc.

I can run safari with:
run-safari --debug --guard-malloc
But I don't seem to get the full stack traces I have seen in the bugs.

I have also seen mention of setting DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES to /usr/lib/libgmalloc.dylib, but doing so seems to lock up the build-webkit command.

Any tips/tricks/pointers would be greatly appreciated,
-Bear
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