From: Nicholas Nethercote <njn@valgrind.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 23:01:38 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add an FAQ from the trunk.
X-Git-Tag: svn/VALGRIND_3_4_1~5
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Add an FAQ from the trunk.



git-svn-id: svn://svn.valgrind.org/valgrind/branches/VALGRIND_3_4_BRANCH@10193
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diff --git a/docs/xml/FAQ.xml b/docs/xml/FAQ.xml
index 5115265a4c..f06060f733 100644
--- a/docs/xml/FAQ.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/FAQ.xml
@@ -575,6 +575,29 @@ int main(void)
 </qandaentry>
 
 
+<qandaentry id="faq.attach">
+  <question id="q-attach">
+    <para>Is it possible to attach Valgrind to a program that is already
+    running?</para>
+  </question>
+  <answer id="a-attach">
+    <para>No.  The environment that Valgrind provides for running programs
+    is significantly different to that for normal programs, e.g. due to
+    different layout of memory.  Therefore Valgrind has to have full control
+    from the very start.</para>
+
+    <para>It is possible to achieve something like this by running your
+    program without any instrumentation (which involves a slow-down of about
+    5x, less than that of most tools), and then adding instrumentation once
+    you get to a point of interest.  Support for this must be provided by
+    the tool, however, and Callgrind is the only tool that currently has
+    such support.  See the instructions on the
+    <computeroutput>callgrind_control</computeroutput> program for details.
+    </para>
+  </answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+
 </qandadiv>