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Memory Validator Help

 

Viewing the running totals

 

In order to keep a collective watch on some general statistics, the Running Totals dialog keeps a count of the number of bytes and handles allocated.

 

To show the Find Memory dialog, choose the menu option below:

 

menu Tools menu instructionStep choose Running Totals... instructionStep displays the Running Totals dialog

 

Or use the icon on the Tools toolbar.

 

toolbar-running-totals

 

 

The running totals dialog

 

The totals are grouped by related memory/handle allocator, described in the first column.

 

running-totals

 

 

Each group of statistics has the following values:

 

Count instructionStep the number of memory allocations or handles currently in use at this time

 

Memory instructionStep the amount of memory or handles currently in use at this time

 

Max Count instructionStep the maximum number of memory allocations or handles in use at any time

 

Max Memory instructionStep the maximum amount of memory or handles in use at any time

 

Total Events instructionStep the total number of memory allocations, reallocations, deallocations or handle allocations, handle deallocations until this point in time

 

Total Bytes instructionStep the total amount of memory allocations, reallocations, deallocations or handle allocations, handle deallocations until this point in time  

 

Alloc Count instructionStep the number of memory or handles that have been allocated

 

Alloc Size instructionStep the size of memory or handles that have been allocated

 

Alloc Max Count instructionStep the maximum number of memory or handles that have been allocated

 

Alloc Max Size instructionStep the maximum amount of memory or handles that has been allocated

 

Alloc Cumulative Count instructionStep the total number amount of memory or handles that have been allocated

 

Alloc Cumulative Size instructionStep the total amount of memory or handles that have been allocated

 

Realloc Count instructionStep the number of memory or handles that have been reallocated

 

Realloc Size instructionStep the size of memory or handles that have been reallocated

 

Realloc Max Count instructionStep the maximum number of memory or handles that have been reallocated

 

Realloc Max Size instructionStep the maximum amount of memory or handles that has been reallocated

 

Realloc Cumulative Count instructionStep the total number amount of memory or handles that have been reallocated

 

Realloc Cumulative Size instructionStep the total amount of memory or handles that have been reallocated

 

Free Count instructionStep the number of memory or handles that have been deallocated

 

Free Size instructionStep the size of memory or handles that have been deallocated

 

Free Max Count instructionStep the maximum number of memory or handles that have been deallocated

 

Free Max Size instructionStep the maximum amount of memory or handles that has been deallocated

 

Free Cumulative Count instructionStep the total number amount of memory or handles that have been deallocated

 

Free Cumulative Size instructionStep the total amount of memory or handles that have been deallocated

 

 

note If you see a negative Handle Total, then more handles have been detected as deallocated than allocated.