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diff --git a/source/d/valgrind/README b/source/d/valgrind/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7e4eec341 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/d/valgrind/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Valgrind is a framework for building dynamic analysis tools. There are +Valgrind tools that can automatically detect many memory management +and threading bugs, and profile your programs in detail. You can also +use Valgrind to build new tools. + +The Valgrind distribution currently includes six production-quality +tools: a memory error detector, two thread error detectors, a cache +and branch-prediction profiler, a call-graph generating cache and +branch-prediction profiler, and a heap profiler. It also includes +three experimental tools: a heap/stack/global array overrun detector, +a different kind of heap profiler, and a SimPoint basic block vector +generator. It runs on the following platforms: x86/Linux, AMD64/Linux, +PPC32/Linux, PPC64/Linux, ARM/Linux, x86/MacOSX and AMD64/MacOSX. + +Optional dependency: either mpich or openmpi. If one of these is +found, valgrind will include the MPI wrapper, which allows using +valgrind with software that uses the MPI message passing standard. +Note that only one of mpich or openmpi should be installed, as they +conflict with each other. |