track C++ memory allocations

Question

I am looking for a way to track memory allocations in a C++ program. I am not interested in memory leaks, which seem to be what most tools are trying to find, but r

Answer 1

The Visual Studio IDE has built-in heap profiling support (since 2015), which is probably the easiest to start with. It has graphical views of heap usage over time, and can track allocations by function/method.

• Measure memory usage in Visual Studio

The CRT also has debug and profile support, which is more detailed and more low-level. You could track the data and plot the results using some other tool:

• CRT Debug Heap Details

In particular, look at _CrtMemCheckpoint and related functions.