Analysis Tools for C++ Analysis Tools Analyzers

• g++ -fsanitize=address
• clang++ -fsanitize=address
• cl.exe /fsanitize=address   MSVC (as of 10/2019)

• g++ -fsanitize=undefined
• clang++ -fsanitize=undefined

• g++ -fsanitize=leak
• clang++ -fsanitize=leak

• g++ -fsanitize=thread
• clang++ -fsanitize=thread

clang-based linter tool, part of the extra clang tools

diagnoses programming errors, style violations, interface misuse

• code instrumentation framework
• runs program on a VM
• --tool=memcheck leak, invalid read/write detection
• --tool=callgrind runtime profiling
• --tool=cachegrind cache profiling
• --tool=massif heap memory profiling
• integration into various IDEs

• dynamic instrumentation (runs on unmodified binaries)
• leak detection
• invalid memory read/write detection

• heap memory profiler
• annotation of memory allocations

• memory leak detection
• integration into various IDEs

• source code analysis tool
• code quality metrics
• coding standard compliance analysis
• dependency visualization
• Visual Studio add-in

• commercial static code analysis tool
• IDE itegration (Visual Studio, VS Code, CLion, QtCreator, Eclipse)

clang-based #include analyzer

analyzes C++ #include dependencies