To enable memory traces on main-heap:
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$ vppctl memory-trace on main-heap
To dump memory traces for analysis:
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$ vppctl show memory-trace on main-heap
Thread 0 vpp_main
base 0x7fffb6422000, size 1g, locked, unmap-on-destroy, name 'main heap'
To use it, you need to use the `LD_PRELOAD` mechanism, eg.
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~# LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvppmem_preload.so /usr/bin/vpp -c /etc/vpp/startup.conf
You can then use tools such as memory traces as usual.