Valgrind problems on Hotspot

Nicholas Riley njriley at uiuc.edu
Mon Feb 9 11:01:22 PST 2009


In article <b4eed40902091057m60b1a94fl2ca9c2d5f36b96b9 at mail.gmail.com>,
 Peng Du <imdupeng at gmail.com> wrote:

> >From somewhere, I learned that the "java" launcher uses  "execv()", whereas
> "gamma" does not. Is "execv()" the one that makes Valgrind not happy? How
> can I work around this issue? What causes the significant slow down of gamma
> comparing to java launcher?

You're actually instrumenting the Java VM when you use gamma, rather 
than just the launcher.  You should be able to use --trace-children=yes 
on Valgrind with java, if you wish.
-- 
Nicholas Riley <njriley at uiuc.edu>




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