Analyzing a running program

Once the program is running, you can attach the Memory Analysis perspective and gather your data. For more information, see Attaching to a running process in this chapter.

Note: If a program uses fork(), the control thread of the Memory Analysis tool must be disabled. fork() works only with single threaded programs.

To disable the control thread option for memory analysis:

From an existing launch configuration, select the Tools tab.
If the Memory Analysis tool is not currently enabled, select Add/Delete Tool, select Memory Analysis, then click OK.
Expand Advanced Settings.
Disable the Create control thread option if it is currently enabled.
Click Apply.
Click Run.

Note: For information about the Create control thread option, see Memory analysis of shared objects in this chapter.