VLD v2.5.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-10-17 // over 6 years ago
  • 2.5.1

    โœจ Enhancements:

    • PDB added to installer.

    ๐Ÿ› Bugs Fixed:

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix ntdll loader patch for Windows 10 (1607) Anniversary Update causing crashes (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Vld dll loading order fixed with MFC.
    • Suppressible msgboxes in setup with cmdline /silent /suppressmsgboxes.

    2.5

    โœจ Enhancements:

    • ๐Ÿ‘ VS2015 support added.
    • ๐Ÿ Windows 10 support added.
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Support MFC 12 MBCS (thanks to @mnissl).
    • VLD config through env. vars (thanks to @akaStiX).
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Support detection DllMain allocations (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • โž• Add option to skip reporting crt startup allocations as memory leaks (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improve the vld.ini searching from additional locations (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ”„ Changed implementation of FastCallStack::getStackTrace for 32-bit code.

    ๐Ÿ› Bugs Fixed:

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #9519, #9859, #10544, use LoaderLock to serialize any calls which load additional libraries or require access to the Loader Lock (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #6359, #10553, fix crashes and failure to register COM dlls where Visual Leak Detector is unloaded before IMalloc interface is released (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #10548, vld.ini search path (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #10587, Visual Leak Detector reporting strange leaks in CRT module of VC++ (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #10588, false positives from CRT in VS2013 with /MTd (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Deadlock fixed with StackWalkMethod=safe.

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Previous changes from v2.5

  • โœจ Enhancements:

    • ๐Ÿ‘ VS2015 support added.
    • ๐Ÿ Windows 10 support added.
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Support MFC 12 MBCS (thanks to @mnissl).
    • VLD config through env. vars (thanks to @akaStiX).
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Support detection DllMain allocations (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • โž• Add option to skip reporting crt startup allocations as memory leaks (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improve the vld.ini searching from additional locations (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ”„ Changed implementation of FastCallStack::getStackTrace for 32-bit code.

    ๐Ÿ› Bugs Fixed:

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #9519, #9859, #10544, use LoaderLock to serialize any calls which load additional libraries or require access to the Loader Lock (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #6359, #10553, fix crashes and failure to register COM dlls where Visual Leak Detector is unloaded before IMalloc interface is released (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #10548, vld.ini search path (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #10587, Visual Leak Detector reporting strange leaks in CRT module of VC++ (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix #10588, false positives from CRT in VS2013 with /MTd (thanks to @ioannis-e).
    • ๐Ÿ›  Deadlock fixed with StackWalkMethod=safe.