Settings tab

You can configure the Memory Analysis settings for a running program from the Settings tab:

Memory Analysis tool - Settings tab

Icons

Icon	Description
	Update the current display with the latest data.
	Determine whether the IDE automatically refreshes the displayed information when streaming data from the target. When selected, you'll need to click Refresh to update the information.
	Gather information about any memory leaks encountered.
	Take a snapshot of the current results.
	Obtain a stack trace.

Field descriptions

Group/Field	Description
Memory Errors group	This group of configuration options controls the Memory Analysis tool's behavior when memory errors are detected.
Enable error detection	Detect memory allocation, deallocation, and access errors: Verify parameters in string and memory functions When enabled, check the parameters in calls to `str()` and `mem()` functions for sanity. Perform full heap integrity check on every allocation/deallocation When enabled, check the heap's memory chains for consistency before every allocation or deallocation. Note that this checking comes with a performance penalty. Enable bounds checking (where possible) When enabled, check for buffer overruns and underruns. Note that this is possible only for dynamically allocated buffers.
When an error is detected	Memory Analysis takes the selected action when a memory error is detected. By default, it reports the error and attempts to continue, but you can also choose to launch the debugger or terminate the process.
Limit trace-back depth to	Specify the number of stack frames to record when logging a memory error.
Perform leak check every (ms)	Specify how often you want to check for leaks. Note that this checking comes with a performance penalty.
Perform leak check when process exits	When selected, look for memory leaks when the process exits, before the operating system cleans up the process's resources.
Memory Tracing group	This group of configuration options controls the Memory Analysis tool's memory tracing features.
Enable memory allocation/deallocation tracing	When selected, trace all memory allocations and deallocations.
Limit back-trace depth to	Specify the number of stack frames to record when tracing memory events.
Minimum allocation to trace	The size, in bytes, of the smallest allocation to trace. Use 0 to trace all allocations.
Maximum allocation to trace	The size, in bytes, of the largest allocation to trace. Use 0 to trace all allocations.
Perform tracing every (ms)	How often to collect information about your program's allocation and deallocation activity. When setting this, consider how often your program allocates and deallocates memory, and for how long you plan to run the program.
Memory Snapshots group	Control the Memory Analysis tool's memory snapshot feature to capture memory information at a specific time.
Memory Snapshots	Enable the capture of memory information to create a snapshot.
Perform snapshot every (ms)	Specify the number of milliseconds between each memory snapshot.
Bins counters (comma separated) ex: 8, 16, 32, 1024 ...	A comma-separated list of the memory bins you want to trace.

Parent topic: Memory Analysis editor

Related concepts

Controlling the page layout

Controlling the overview

Allocations tab

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Controlling the detail pane