https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D371770 --- Comment #3 from Joe Veazey --- I will investigate your suggestions. gdb+vgdb w/breakpoints sounds the most feasible for my task. Thanks for the reply! *Joe.Veazey@ipdatatel.com * Cell: 281-543-8330 On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Philippe Waroquiers < bugzilla_noreply@kde.org> wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D371770 > > Philippe Waroquiers changed: > > What |Removed |Added > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > CC| > |philippe.waroquiers@skynet. > | |be > > --- Comment #1 from Philippe Waroquiers > --- > Equivalent request have already been done see e.g. bug 74899. > > There was even at a moment an experimental tool called omega doing this. > The tool was however never considered working reasonably well, as it is > difficult to detect exactly when the last pointer disappears (IIRC e.g. > because > copies of 'dead pointers' can be kept in registers or similar). > > We will keep 74899 as the place holder for this enhancement request (in > case > someone one day works again on the omega tool or equivalent). > > In the meantime, the alternative is to search the most probable last > pointer > or last scope having a pointer by doing leak search at regular intervals > e.g. > using a client request or by using gdb+vgdb and breakpoints. > > -- > You are receiving this mail because: > You reported the bug. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.=