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|Full description=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. | |Full description=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. | ||
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|Homepage URL=http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ | |Homepage URL=http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ | ||
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|Related projects=Valgrind,MemCheck_Deluxe,Memwatch,halloc,Memtest86 | |Related projects=Valgrind,MemCheck_Deluxe,Memwatch,halloc,Memtest86 | ||
|Keywords=memory,overrun,debugger,gdb,malloc(),virtual-memory | |Keywords=memory,overrun,debugger,gdb,malloc(),virtual-memory | ||
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|Version identifier=2.4.15 | |Version identifier=2.4.15 | ||
|Version date=2005-07-24 | |Version date=2005-07-24 | ||
|Version status=stable | |Version status=stable | ||
|Version download=http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ElectricFence/electric-fence_2.1.13-0.1.tar.gz | |Version download=http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ElectricFence/electric-fence_2.1.13-0.1.tar.gz | ||
| + | |Version comment=2.4.15 stable released 2005-07-24 | ||
| + | |Last review by=Craig Hutchinson | ||
| + | |Last review date=2018/07/29 | ||
| + | |Submitted by=Database conversion | ||
| + | |Submitted date=2011-04-01 | ||
| + | |User level=none | ||
| + | |Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No | ||
| + | |Test entry=No | ||
| + | |Is GNU=No | ||
| + | |License verified date=2003-01-30 | ||
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| + | |License=GPLv2 | ||
| + | |License verified by=Janet Casey | ||
|License verified date=2003-01-30 | |License verified date=2003-01-30 | ||
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Revision as of 23:40, 28 July 2018
Electric Fence
http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/
Memory debugger
This is a candidate for deletion: Links broken. No links to page. No response from maintainer at given email. Poppy-one (talk) 14:11, 1 August 2018 (EDT)
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.
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Bruce Perens | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
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| Bug Tracking,Developer,Support | mailto:bruce@perens.com |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
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| Required to use | gdb |
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