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@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Clone the repository. `git clone https://muhq.space/software/chattymalloc.git` + Build chattymalloc by running `make` in the repository root. ## Usage chattymalloc is designed to be used with the LD_PRELOAD mechanism. It hooks the memory allocator API and saves each allocator call and its result -to a memory mapped binary file which will be stored to the current directory -with the name `chattymalloc.trace`. +to a memory mapped binary file, called chattymalloc.trace, which will be stored to the current directory. `env LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libchattymalloc.so <your-binary>` @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ chattyparser.py. # chattyparser - a parser and plotter for chattymalloc trace files chattyparser parses a trace file, detects allocator and application misbehavior, -like double frees, produces plain text trace, a histogram and a memory profile. +like double frees, produces a plain text trace, a histogram and a memory profile. ## Usage usage: chattyparser.py [-h] [--alignment ALIGNMENT ALIGNMENT] [--txt] [-v] |