Valgrind显示分配的内存比实际更多

时间:2017-05-30 21:12:39

标签: c malloc valgrind free dynamic-allocation

我在C中编写了一些简单的代码来测试一些内存分配和指针:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>


int *randomAlloc(int n) {
    int *address = NULL, i = 0;

    address = malloc (n * sizeof(int));
    for (i = 0; i < n ; i++){
        *(address + i) = i ;
    }
    return address;

}

int main(int argc, char* argv[] ) {

    int *address;
    int n;
    printf("Type vector size: ");
    scanf("%d", &n);
    address = randomAlloc(n);

    free(address);
}

但出于某种原因,我输入4作为输入valgrind输出:

==2375== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==2375== Copyright (C) 2002-2015, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==2375== Using Valgrind-3.12.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==2375== Command: ./a.out
==2375== 
Type vector size: 4
==2375== 
==2375== HEAP SUMMARY:
==2375==     in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==2375==   total heap usage: 3 allocs, 3 frees, 2,064 bytes allocated
==2375== 
==2375== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==2375== 
==2375== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==2375== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

代码中只有一个alloc和一个free。当n = 4时,我希望它分配4 * 4(sizeof(int))= 16字节。这是从哪里来的?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:3)

Valgrind会跟踪应用程序中发生的所有内存分配,包括C库内部分配的内存分配。它不是(也不能)限于你明确的分配,因为C库可以返回指向它内部分配的内存的指针。

许多标准I / O实现将分配缓冲区供printf()和/或scanf()使用,这可能是您所看到的数字的原因。