Re: [Valgrind-users] Can more than 1 Valgrind tool be run at once?

[<pa...@fr...>]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> I have a good amount of Linux and programming experience (~10 years)
> but am
> new to the valgrind tool.  Thus far I really like the information and
> capabilities, impressive.
> 
> I'm profiling a multi-component embedded system on Ubuntu.  The
> components
> are in multiple languages (c++, java, javascript tied in using lein
> and
> cmake), thus I chose Valgrind (also using perf and YourKit to qualify
> the
> valgrind results).  I am wondering, will Valgrind work properly if I
> run it
> with more than 1 tool when executed?  For example:
> 
> valgrind --tool=callgrind --callgrind-out-file=calls.data
> --tool=massif
> --massif-output-file=heap.data ./program.out
> 
> I get the feeling that since each tool is fairly taxing on the system
> the
> answer is going to be a resounding "no" - just wanted to ask.  Also
> was
> wondering if anyone has used the iogrind tool for Valgrind on a
> multi-threaded application with any success.

Hi

[reply to the list this time]

I run a functional test suite using memcheck over the weekend on an 8 core machine with 6 in parallel. As long as you don't drive the machine into swap then I don't think that there should be a problem.

A+
Paul