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heapster

Python

Source
github.com/BlackwingHQ/heapster
Language
Python
License
MIT
Links
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A tool for exploring the macOS libmalloc heap from LLDB: zones, magazines, free lists and the state of individual allocations, introduced in our libmalloc post.

themes: #platform & os
people: Blackwing

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