> Alternatively, you could intercept malloc (and calloc, realloc, and perhaps > valloc) and sum up all memory allocations on the heap, then call the real > Standard C malloc. That would give you "all memory ever allocated" > footprint. > > If you also wanted to keep track of high water memory allocation, you'd have > to intercept free and figure out how the heap stores the memory block's size > (or record the block size yourself in your intercepted the malloc). Alternately there are programs like VALGRIND or dmalloc which can help. I suggest wikipedia "valgrind" and wikipedia "dmalloc" Read those articles, they'll give you a better idea of what you're asking, and what to ask for.
