petsc-3.6.1 2015-08-06

PetscMallocValidate

Test the memory for corruption. This can be used to check for memory overwrites.

#include "petscsys.h" 
PetscErrorCode  PetscMallocValidate(int line,const char function[],const char file[])

	line	- line number where call originated.
	function	- name of function calling
	file	- file where function is

The number of errors detected.

Error messages are written to stdout.

You should generally use CHKMEMQ as a short cut for calling this routine.

The line, function, file are given by the C preprocessor as __LINE__, __FUNCT__, __FILE__

The Fortran calling sequence is simply PetscMallocValidate(ierr)

No output is generated if there are no problems detected.