Not a GCC question, but I'll have a pot at it anyway.
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> ==9984== by 0x1B97AB4E: ABCParser::parseString()
> (stl_vector.h:501)
> ==9984== by 0x1B975D34: ABCParser::execute()
> (ABCParser.cpp:101)
> ==9984== by 0x80499A9: main (testAlgo.cpp:31)
> ==9984== Address 0x7 is not stack'd, malloc'd or
> (recently) free'd
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> the rogue operation is being performed inside
> ABCParser::parseString() however this is a very big
> function and I am unable to painstakingly go thru it
> to find out the possible source of leak.
>
> Is there a way out? Can valgrind give me the exact
> line number in a file where the "invalid read"
> occured?
Valgrind *has* given you the line number, but the error happens to show up
inside a piece of inlined code from stl_vector.h. There are two ways to handle
this:
1. Get Valgrind to start a debugger for you when the error happens - run
'valgrind --help', then look for the '--db-attach' & '--db-command' options.
2. The fact that this happens in inlined vector code means that your method
must have been performing a vector operation at the time. You may find that
narrows things down enough to skim ABCParser::parseString() more quickly. If
you look at the area around line 501 in stl_vector.h, you may be able to find
out which vector operation was being called, narrowing things down still further.
Hope that helps!
Neil.
