Dynamic code analysis for C++

Question

Is there an open source and (relatively) simple-to-use dynamic code analysis tool for C++ code?

Something like IBM Purify (memory corruption detection, memory leak detection, application performance profiling, etc.)

Answer 1

The software that is widely used (on Linux at least) is Valgrind. It has a lot of sub tools used to do what you are looking for.

There is also KCacheGrind which is a GUI frontend to the profiling tool of Valgrind, AKA Cachegrind.

Answer 2

Try Valgrind. It is not as powerful as IBM Purify, but it works quite fine...

Answer 3

Try Duma (Detect Unintended Memory Access).