1 <html> 2 <head> 3 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> 4 <title>Valgrind Technical Documentation</title> 5 <link rel="stylesheet" href="vg_basic.css" type="text/css"> 6 <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"> 7 <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Valgrind Documentation"> 8 <link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Valgrind Documentation"> 9 <link rel="prev" href="faq.html" title="Valgrind Frequently Asked Questions"> 10 <link rel="next" href="design-impl.html" title="1.The Design and Implementation of Valgrind"> 11 </head> 12 <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 13 <div><table class="nav" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0" summary="Navigation header"><tr> 14 <td width="22px" align="center" valign="middle"><a accesskey="p" href="faq.html"><img src="images/prev.png" width="18" height="21" border="0" alt="Prev"></a></td> 15 <td width="25px" align="center" valign="middle"><a accesskey="u" href="index.html"><img src="images/up.png" width="21" height="18" border="0" alt="Up"></a></td> 16 <td width="31px" align="center" valign="middle"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><img src="images/home.png" width="27" height="20" border="0" alt="Up"></a></td> 17 <th align="center" valign="middle">Valgrind Documentation</th> 18 <td width="22px" align="center" valign="middle"><a accesskey="n" href="design-impl.html"><img src="images/next.png" width="18" height="21" border="0" alt="Next"></a></td> 19 </tr></table></div> 20 <div class="book" title="Valgrind Technical Documentation"> 21 <div class="titlepage"> 22 <div> 23 <div><h1 class="title"> 24 <a name="tech-docs"></a>Valgrind Technical Documentation</h1></div> 25 <div><p class="releaseinfo">Release 3.6.1 16 February 2011</p></div> 26 <div><p class="copyright">Copyright 2000-2011 <a class="ulink" href="http://www.valgrind.org/info/developers.html" target="_top">Valgrind Developers</a></p></div> 27 <div><div class="legalnotice" title="Legal Notice"> 28 <a name="id570609"></a><p>Email: <a class="ulink" href="mailto:valgrind (a] valgrind.org" target="_top">valgrind (a] valgrind.org</a></p> 29 </div></div> 30 </div> 31 <hr> 32 </div> 33 <div class="toc"> 34 <p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> 35 <dl> 36 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="design-impl.html">1. The Design and Implementation of Valgrind</a></span></dt> 37 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html">2. Writing a New Valgrind Tool</a></span></dt> 38 <dd><dl> 39 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.intro">2.1. Introduction</a></span></dt> 40 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.writingatool">2.2. Basics</a></span></dt> 41 <dd><dl> 42 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.howtoolswork">2.2.1. How tools work</a></span></dt> 43 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.gettingcode">2.2.2. Getting the code</a></span></dt> 44 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.gettingstarted">2.2.3. Getting started</a></span></dt> 45 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.writingcode">2.2.4. Writing the code</a></span></dt> 46 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.init">2.2.5. Initialisation</a></span></dt> 47 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.instr">2.2.6. Instrumentation</a></span></dt> 48 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.fini">2.2.7. Finalisation</a></span></dt> 49 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.otherinfo">2.2.8. Other Important Information</a></span></dt> 50 </dl></dd> 51 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.advtopics">2.3. Advanced Topics</a></span></dt> 52 <dd><dl> 53 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.advice">2.3.1. Debugging Tips</a></span></dt> 54 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.suppressions">2.3.2. Suppressions</a></span></dt> 55 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.docs">2.3.3. Documentation</a></span></dt> 56 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.regtests">2.3.4. Regression Tests</a></span></dt> 57 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.profiling">2.3.5. Profiling</a></span></dt> 58 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.mkhackery">2.3.6. Other Makefile Hackery</a></span></dt> 59 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.ifacever">2.3.7. The Core/tool Interface</a></span></dt> 60 </dl></dd> 61 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="manual-writing-tools.html#manual-writing-tools.finalwords">2.4. Final Words</a></span></dt> 62 </dl></dd> 63 <dt><span class="chapter"><a href="cl-format.html">3. Callgrind Format Specification</a></span></dt> 64 <dd><dl> 65 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview">3.1. Overview</a></span></dt> 66 <dd><dl> 67 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.basics">3.1.1. Basic Structure</a></span></dt> 68 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.example1">3.1.2. Simple Example</a></span></dt> 69 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.associations">3.1.3. Associations</a></span></dt> 70 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.example2">3.1.4. Extended Example</a></span></dt> 71 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.compression1">3.1.5. Name Compression</a></span></dt> 72 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.compression2">3.1.6. Subposition Compression</a></span></dt> 73 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.overview.misc">3.1.7. Miscellaneous</a></span></dt> 74 </dl></dd> 75 <dt><span class="sect1"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference">3.2. Reference</a></span></dt> 76 <dd><dl> 77 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference.grammar">3.2.1. Grammar</a></span></dt> 78 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference.header">3.2.2. Description of Header Lines</a></span></dt> 79 <dt><span class="sect2"><a href="cl-format.html#cl-format.reference.body">3.2.3. Description of Body Lines</a></span></dt> 80 </dl></dd> 81 </dl></dd> 82 </dl> 83 </div> 84 </div> 85 <div> 86 <br><table class="nav" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2" border="0" summary="Navigation footer"> 87 <tr> 88 <td rowspan="2" width="40%" align="left"> 89 <a accesskey="p" href="faq.html"><<Valgrind Frequently Asked Questions</a></td> 90 <td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="index.html">Up</a></td> 91 <td rowspan="2" width="40%" align="right"><a accesskey="n" href="design-impl.html">1.The Design and Implementation of Valgrind>></a> 92 </td> 93 </tr> 94 <tr><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td></tr> 95 </table> 96 </div> 97 </body> 98 </html> 99
