[Python-Dev] any tips on malloc debugging?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I've been expanding the SSL test suite, and found something like this
> cropping up, not always, but maybe 30% of the time.  So I run it under
> gdb, but the "szone_error" breakpoint never gets hit.  Any other
> malloc debugging tips I should know about?

Is this a --with-pydebug build? If not, it should be.

If that still does not give insights, I usually try valgrind
(although usually with little success).

Regards,
Martin