I need to fix leaks in a huge open-source library. For that I am using google-perftools, Now this library is linked in another big application, which can also have possibaly lots of memory leaks [ Finding leaks from an application is not my goal/job] so how can I ask google HEAPCHECKER to only get the memory leaks of library and not of application?
One approach I have tried is:-
I linked library with google-perftools lib and did not explicitly linked an application with it. and while running an application with HEAPCHECK enabled, It gives me this error
Check failed:
heap_profile->FindAlloc(test_str,
&size): our own new/delete not linked?
Please help me in finding solution to get the memory-leaks of only library.
PS. My platform is embedded linux and I am using gnu linker and G++ compiler.
Well, I found that it is not possible with google-heap-tools.