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Leaking memory with VirtualAlloc
The Win32 function VirtualAlloc() can be used to allocate new blocks of committed memory. When this happens a new block that is large enough to […]
The nineteen types of memory leak
Memory leaks affect all computer programs, be they desktop applications, service applications or web services. For many trivial applications or applications with a very short […]
Slicing and dicing by memory allocator
We’ve just released Memory Validator 9.63. This release introduces improvements for viewing trending statistics by allocator type. The Job To Be Done behind these changes […]
Memory Fragmentation – mvFragmentation
Many software engineers and their managers struggle to understand what memory fragmentation is and the effects memory fragmentation can have on the software they produce. […]
The Command Line Builder
Last week we introduced the command line builder to all our Validator tools.
Using and Debugging Environment Variables
Environment variables can be used to configure the various Validator tools that we provide.
Exceptions Codes you’ve never heard of
If you write software for any length of time you’ll have seen your software fail in a variety of ways.
Fail Fast Codes
When Windows encounters an error condition that might compromise the security of the computer, the program that encounters that condition is terminated as fast as possible.
log4j status
We’ve had a few inquiries from worried customers as to whether we use log4j and what our mitigation plan is if we do.
Viewing source code that’s in the “wrong place”.
You’ve been given a program to debug. You’ve got the EXE and DLLs, and you’ve got the PDB files, so you can tell when the […]