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| Electric Fence |
| Computer languages | C + |
|---|---|
| Full description | Electric Fence (efence) stops your program … Electric Fence (efence) stops your program on the exact instruction that overruns (or underruns) a malloc() memory buffer. GDB will then display the source-code line that causes the bug. It works by using the virtual-memory hardware to create a red-zone at the border of each buffer - touch that, and your program stops. Catch all of those formerly impossible-to-catch overrun bugs that have been bothering you for years.gs that have been bothering you for years. |
| Homepage URL | http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | memory + , overrun + , debugger + , gdb + , malloc() + , virtual-memory + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 23 January 2009 + |
| License | GPLv2 + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 30 January 2003 + |
| Name | Electric Fence + |
| Prerequisite description | gdb + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to use + |
| Real name | Bruce Perens + |
| Related projects | Valgrind + , MemCheck Deluxe + , Memwatch + , Halloc + , Memtest86 + |
| Resource URL | mailto:bruce@perens.com + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 6,770 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 10:22:54 + |
| Revisionuser | User:WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Memory debugger + |
| Software-development | debugging + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Use | software-development + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 2.4.15 stable released 2005-07-24 |
| Version date | 24 July 2005 + |
| Version download | http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ElectricFence/electric-fence_2.1.13-0.1.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 2.4.15 + |
| Version status | stable + |
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 5 March 2013 22:12:05 + |
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| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | bruce@perens.com + |
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