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author | Qin Zhao <zhaoqin@google.com> | 2015-11-30 15:06:22 -0500 |
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committer | Qin Zhao <zhaoqin@google.com> | 2015-11-30 15:06:22 -0500 |
commit | d029d934e1a23aadc07cc99753a55b308f20ef2b (patch) | |
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download | pdfium-d029d934e1a23aadc07cc99753a55b308f20ef2b.tar.xz |
Merge to XFA: Add README in tools/drmemory for using Dr. Memory
R=tsepez@chromium.org
BUG=PDFium:238
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1471073011 .
(cherry picked from commit 7e413d168beba325078aa4b484729ad22919a2c3)
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/1482953003 .
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diff --git a/tools/drmemory/README b/tools/drmemory/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1db5410e43 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/drmemory/README @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ + +# Dr. Memory + +Dr. Memory (www.drmemory.org) is an open-source dynamic memory +monitoring tool for Windows, Linux, and Mac. + +## About Dr. Memory + +Dr. Memory operates on unmodified application binaries running on +Windows, Linux, or Mac on commodity x86 and ARM32 (forthcoming) hardware. +It is capable of identifying memory-related programming errors including: + * accesses of uninitialized memory + * accesses to unaddressable memory (heap underflow and overflow) + * accesses to freed memory + * double frees + * memory leaks + * handle leaks (on Windows) + * GDI API usage errors (on Windows) + * accesses to un-reserved thread local storage slots (on Windows) + +## Using Dr. Memory (Windows only) + +Build your application with debug information and then run it under +Dr. Memory. Errors found are printed to the screen, and a summary is +shown at the end of the run. + +### Obtain Dr. Memory + +The Dr. Memory package is provided as a self-extracting archive +(DrMemory-Windows-sfx.exe) in tools/drmemory directory, which can be +extracted by running command 'DrMemory-Windows-sfx.exe -ounpacked -y'. + +The Dr. Memory release package can be downloaded from +https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory/wiki/Downloads. + +Nightly builds can be downloaded from +https://build.chromium.org/p/client.drmemory/builds/. + +The Dr. Memory source code can be found at +https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory. + +### Run your application with Dr. Memory + +To run your application with Dr. Memory, simply put 'drmemory.exe --' +before the command that invokes the application. + + * Running pdfium_unittests with Dr. Memory: + tools\drmemory\unpaced\bin\drmemory.exe -- out\Debug\pdfium_unittests.exe + + * Running pdfium_tests with Dr. Memory: + tools\drmemory\unpaced\bin\drmemory.exe -- out\Debug\pdfium_tests.exe --png YourInputPDF.pdf + +### Run test suite with Dr. Memory + +A set of scripts are provided to run PDFium test suite with Dr. Memory +on buildbots, which can also be used for running test suite locally. + + * Running pdfium_unittests with Dr. Memory: + tools\drmemory\scripts\pdfium_tests.bat -t pdfium_unittests + + * Running pixel test suite with Dr. Memory: + tools\drmemory\scripts\pdfium_tests.bat -t pdfium_pixel + +## Documentation + +Command 'drmemory.exe -help' prints a list of Dr. Memory runtime +options with short description. + +To view the full documention, point your web browser at +http://drmemory.org/docs/. + + +## Contact + +This project is provided as-is, with no official support. +Use the Dr. Memory Users group at +http://groups.google.com/group/drmemory-users/ to ask questions and +seek help on using Dr. Memory. + +Dr. Memory's source code and issue tracker live at +https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory + +If you would like to submit a patch, you will need to first sign a +Contributor License Agreement. +See https://github.com/DynamoRIO/drmemory/wiki/Contributing for more +information. |