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diff --git a/doc/developer/topotests.rst b/doc/developer/topotests.rst index 8885dcfce3..ba03aa9045 100644 --- a/doc/developer/topotests.rst +++ b/doc/developer/topotests.rst @@ -312,6 +312,20 @@ Here's an example of launching ``zebra`` and ``bgpd`` inside ``gdb`` on router --gdb-breakpoints=nb_config_diff \ all-protocol-startup +Detecting Memleaks with Valgrind +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +Topotest can automatically launch all daemons with ``valgrind`` to check for +memleaks. This is enabled by specifying 1 or 2 CLI arguments. +``--valgrind-memleaks`` will enable general memleak detection, and +``--valgrind-extra`` enables extra functionality including generating a +suppression file. The suppression file ``tools/valgrind.supp`` is used when +memleak detection is enabled. + +.. code:: shell + + pytest --valgrind-memleaks all-protocol-startup + .. _topotests_docker: Running Tests with Docker |