Appendix L References

This section contains references to interesting papers and resources on related topics and the field of memory management in general. The vast majority of theoretical information can be found at the Memory Management Reference, although this does tend to concentrate on garbage collection. The other references take a more practical approach to memory management and in some cases provide implementation details. Let me know if you'd like to see any other references or resources added to this list.

• Avoiding Motif Memory Leaks

  Author

  Kenton Lee (kenton@rahul.net)
  

  Location

  http://www.rahul.net/kenton/txa/mar96.html
  

  Overview

  An article on avoiding memory leaks in Motif applications.

• C++ FAQ Lite: Freestore Management

  Author

  Marshall Cline (cline@parashift.com)
  

  Location

  http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/freestore-mgmt.html
  

  Overview

  Everything you ever wanted to know about C++ memory management.

• Debugging Memory On Linux

  Author

  Petr Sorfa (editor@ssc.com)
  

  Location

  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4681
  

  Overview

  An article detailing the tools available to debug memory problems on Linux.

• Effective C++ Memory Allocation

  Author

  Aaron Dailey (adailey@chaparraltec.com)
  

  Location

  http://www.embedded.com/1999/9901/9901feat2.htm
  

  Overview

  Documents techniques for better use of the C++ dynamic memory allocation operators.

• How To Debug Memory Leaks

  Author

  The Mozilla Organization (webmaster@mozilla.org)
  

  Location

  http://www.lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/xpcom/doc/MemoryTools.html
  

  Overview

  A list of memory analysis tools that the Mozilla team have developed in order to quickly spot and fix memory leaks.

• Just Say No To Memory Leaks

  Author

  Steve Litt (slitt@troubleshooters.com)
  

  Location

  http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/memleak.htm
  

  Overview

  An article discussing memory leaks and how to avoid them.

• A Memory Allocator

  Author

  Doug Lea (dl@gee.cs.oswego.edu)
  

  Location

  http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html
  

  Overview

  Information on general memory allocation principles.

• The Memory Management Reference

  Author

  XANALYS Software Tools (mm-web@xanalys.com)
  

  Location

  http://www.xanalys.com/software_tools/mm/
  

  Overview

  Links to many documents and research papers in the field of memory management, and has a large glossary which lists and explains related terms.

• My Rant on C++'s operator new

  Author

  David Mazieres (dm@cs.nyu.edu)
  

  Location

  http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~dm/c++-new.html
  

  Overview

  Provides a scathing critique on the C++ dynamic memory allocation operators.

• The Virtual Memory Tutorial

  Author

  The Hyperlearning Center (webmaster@cne.gmu.edu)
  

  Location

  http://www.cne.gmu.edu/modules/vm/
  

  Overview

  Provides a comprehensive tutorial on virtual memory, as well as detailing its history, theory and implementation.

• X Window System Memory Leaks and Other Memory Bugs

  Author

  Kenton Lee (kenton@rahul.net)
  

  Location

  http://www.rahul.net/kenton/txa/feb96.html
  

  Overview

  An article on debugging memory problems in X applications.