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	AddressSanitizer			AddressSanitizer
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	.. contents::			.. contents::
	:local:			:local:

	Introduction			Introduction
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	AddressSanitizer is a fast memory error detector. It consists of a compiler			AddressSanitizer is a fast memory error detector. It consists of a compiler
	instrumentation module and a run-time library. The tool can detect the			instrumentation module and a run-time library. The tool can detect the
	following types of bugs:			following types of bugs:

	* Out-of-bounds accesses to heap, stack and globals			* Out-of-bounds accesses to heap, stack and globals
	* Use-after-free			* Use-after-free
	* Use-after-return (to some extent)			* Use-after-return (runtime flag `ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_stack_use_after_return=1`)
				* Use-after-scope (clang flag `-fsanitize-address-use-after-scope`)
	* Double-free, invalid free			* Double-free, invalid free
	* Memory leaks (experimental)			* Memory leaks (experimental)

	Typical slowdown introduced by AddressSanitizer is 2x.			Typical slowdown introduced by AddressSanitizer is 2x.

	How to build			How to build
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