Analyzer c-count-alloc-free

# Name

c-count-alloc-free - C Application-Level Memory API Calls

This analyzer tracks and counts memory allocation and deallocation API calls in C-based applications. It monitors calls to malloc, calloc, realloc, free, and related memory management functions. The analyzer provides statistics on allocation counts.

# Resource Category

Memory.

# Application Type & Technical Stack

• All

# Command Line Syntax

The analyzer can be invoked directly on the command-line via the orxray utility from the openresty-xray-cli software package.

Alternatively, the analyzer can also be invoked manually or automatically on the web console UI of OpenResty XRay (like on the Advanced web page).

# PID is the target process PID.
orxray analyzer run c-count-alloc-free -p PID

# trace a shell command directly
orxray analyzer run c-count-alloc-free -c SHELL_CMD

# Tracing Multiple Processes

Not supported.

# Output Formats

• Plain Texts

# Output Example

[
  {
      "title": "C Application-Level Memory API Calls",
      "subtitle": "",
      "series": {
          "data": {
              "free": 509,
              "malloc": 491
          },
          "name": "Calls"
      },
      "ver": 1,
      "type": "bar"
  }
]

# Author

The OpenResty Inc. Team.

# Copyright

Copyright (C) by OpenResty Inc. All rights reserved.