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Memory access error detection in managed code?

bobcl — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:42:52 GMT

Hi,

I made a few weeks ago a short evaluation of Intel Parallel Studio.

My test period is over now, but I found rapidly that it does not seem to support memory access errors with C++/CLI managed code, in the same way for example Rational Purify does with non managed code.

Here is the simple test program I tried:

void main()
{

char *foo;
int i;

foo = (char *) malloc(10);
for (i = 0; i<10; i++)
foo = 'a';
foo = '\\0';
foo[-1] = '\\0';

}

No error was reported here.

Did I miss something, or is Intel Parallel Studio unable to detect in real time this kind of errors?
I tested several other tools, and none so far is able to do so with managed code.

Memory access error detection in managed code?

Eric_M_Intel2 — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:32:45 GMT

IntelParallel Inspector 2011 does not work on C++ .NET managed code. It does work on C++ native binaries as described in the System Requirements: http://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/studio/inspector/en-us/2011/start/release_notes_inspector.pdf

Programming Language: C or C++ (native, not managed code) [0]

Intel Parallel Inspector 2011 will also find memory and threading errors in the unmanaged code of a mixed mode binary.

Our New Product: Intel Inspector XE 2011will additonally find threading errors on C#.NET managed code.

Regards,
Eric M

Memory access error detection in managed code?

bobcl — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:27:12 GMT

Thanks, that clears it up.