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authorGuillaume Desmottes <guillaume.desmottes@collabora.co.uk>2016-06-22 16:25:16 +0200
committerSebastian Dröge <sebastian@centricular.com>2016-07-08 12:07:53 +0300
commit17c37efa83cfd356aa2fa8d9b1c8959251cfb3ba (patch)
tree841bb8be425d90e0766f75e44757414c1bf3bba2 /docs
parent3bb5c1e73ad30877db78f5f9628eeedc294c430c (diff)
leaks tracer: add creation stack trace support
This allow us to provide the trace of leaked objects making it easier to debug. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767862
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@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ leaks
- log alive objects when receiving the SIGUSR1 signal.
- create a checkpoint and print a list of objects created and destroyed since
the previous checkpoint.
+- If the GST_LEAKS_TRACER_STACK_TRACE env variable is defined log the creation
+ stack trace of leaked objects. This may significantly increase memory
+ consumption.
User interfaces
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