What is "valgrind"

Valgrind is a programming tool for memory debugging, memory leak detection, and profiling.

Valgrind was originally designed to be a free memory debugging tool for Linux on x86, but has since evolved to become a generic framework for creating dynamic analysis tools such as checkers and profilers.

Valgrind may refer to:

• Valgrind, a programming tool
• Valgrind, the main entrance to Valhalla in Norse mythology

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