[petsc-dev] valgrind appears to show memory leak related to PetscViewerBinaryOpen

[Brad Aagaard]

Hi all:

Valgrind is suggesting that I may have a memory leak associated with 
PetscViewer objects in PyLith. I created a simple example (attached) 
that reproduces the valgrind message.

Is there really a memory leak associated with PetscMallocAlign() or is 
valgrind just confused?

I also ran the example with the -malloc -malloc_debug -malloc_dump 
flags. What do the values in square brackets mean? Does [0] indicate 
memory was freed or not freed? The FAQ on use of -malloc doesn't appear 
to discuss what the output means.

Logs from running the example in valgrind and with the malloc flags are 
also attached.

Thanks,
Brad
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