Bug 424149 - Client requests to trigger snapshots
Summary: Client requests to trigger snapshots
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: valgrind
Classification: Developer tools
Component: massif (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nicholas Nethercote
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Reported: 2020-07-13 11:29 UTC by simon.hafner
Modified: 2021-02-20 22:13 UTC (History)
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2020-07-13 11:29 UTC, simon.hafner 		Details
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Description simon.hafner 2020-07-13 11:29:05 UTC 
Created attachment 130081 [details]
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For measuring memory usage in defined portions of code, it's easier to segregate them using client requests. This patch implements them. I'm not sure how to implement the flag for stopping automatic snapshots.
Comment 1 Mark Wielaard 2021-02-20 22:13:34 UTC 
Running massif without automatic snapshots seems a little odd. But maybe it could be a command line flag so that it only snapshots from vgdb or through a client request?

Do you have some example program that use the new client requests?
Bonus points for one that can be used as new test and for documentation.