[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] dec/developer: Add Valgrind / Address Sanitizer to the patch checklist

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Sat Jan 12 17:17:45 CET 2013


On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 04:45:55PM +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Saturday 2013-01-12 16:28:27 +0100, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
> > ---
> >  doc/developer.texi |    3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
> > index 7e4b12c..0439a50 100644
> > --- a/doc/developer.texi
> > +++ b/doc/developer.texi
> > @@ -507,6 +507,9 @@ send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with.
> >      Make sure you check the return values of function and return appropriate
> >      error codes. Especially memory allocation functions like @code{av_malloc()}
> >      are notoriously left unchecked, which is a serious problem.
> > + at item
> > +    Test your code with valgrind and or Address Sanitizer to ensure its free
> 
> Also specify the name of the tool, so that it's clear what "Address
> Sanitizer" refers to.

iam not sure i understand, it is called Address Sanitizer

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