To find memory smashing bugs, enable the
When using this variable, you should also set the
When the exception occurs, you can then use the
MallocScribble
variable. This variable writes invalid data to freed memory blocks, the
execution of which causes an exception to occur.When using this variable, you should also set the
MallocStackLogging and MallocStackLoggingNoCompact variables to log the location of the exception.When the exception occurs, you can then use the
malloc_history
command to track down the code that allocated the memory block. You can
then use this information to track through your code and look for any
lingering pointers to this block.