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List:       opensolaris-mdb-discuss
Subject:    Re: [mdb-discuss] Does backport of libumem on Solaris 8 available?
From:       Dmitry Samersoff <Dmitry.Samersoff () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2009-11-12 14:14:46
Message-ID: 4AFC1856.2020803 () sun ! com
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Srinivas Ch wrote:
> Hi, 
> Does backport of libumem on Solaris 8 available?
> 

Try this version.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/umem/

> 
> Can somebody give some pointers on how to proceed to trace out memory corruption on Solaris 8? 

It depends to application nature. First - do some static analysis, than 
try some malloc debugger ( libumem or BSD's dmalloc, could be found 
inside firefox sources as jemalloc).

If the corruption always happens in the same region you can uncommit the 
page and get hw trap on access.

-Dmitry

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Dmitry Samersoff
J2SE Sustaining team, SPB04
* Give Rabbit time and he'll always get the answer ...
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