Memory Debugging Features in NetWare 5
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Arun Singh
Novell, Inc.
Novell, Inc.
01 Oct 2000
NetWare 5 provides several helpful features for debugging problems that are associated with allocated memory. These features are listed below:
Buffer Overrun Detection and Freed Memory Access Detection
Use following command to load your NLM:
load -m NLMname ( For most strict memory check)
or
load -r NLMname ( For relaxed memory check)
Stack Overflow Detection
To use the stack overflow detection, start the server using the -o option. For example,
server -o
Useful Internal Debugger Memory Commands
When running the internal debugger, you can use the following commands:
.MS (Memory Summary)
.MR (Memory Resource Tag)
.MT (Memory Total)
.MO (Memory Outstanding)
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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