OOO "Program Verification Systems"
Use PVS-Studio to check 64-bit and parallel applications
05.02.2010
/Wp64 switch and template processing error
While maintaining the analyzer Viva64 (included into PVS-Studio) we often comment upon the switch /Wp64 of Microsoft Visual C++.»
03.02.2010
Parallel notes N1 - OpenMP technology
In the next few posts we will tell you about using multi-core processors in practice.»
29.01.2010
64-bit technologies - one more trend in the modern software
In the blogs and forums, there is much discussion of multi-core processors as an evident step of computer system development.»
2.02.2010 "Lessons of 64-bit C/C++ software development" are now available on our site.»
1.02.2010 PVS-Studio 3.45 New Version Released!»
21.01.2010 PVS-Studio 3.44 New Version Released!»
10.12.2009
PVS-Studio FAQ
This paper contains some questions and answers about PVS-Studio code analyzer by OOO "Program Verification Systems".»
09.12.2009
VivaCore FAQ
This paper contains some questions and answers about VivaCore C/C++ code analysis library by OOO "Program Verification Systems"»
23.11.2009
PVS-Studio: using the function "Mark as False Alarm"
The article describes and demonstrates by an example the use of PVS-Studio 3.40 new function "Mark as False Alarm". »
Data alignment is the strategy of arranging data in main memory according to certain rules contributing to speed-up of access to them.
When working with memory microprocessors use a machine word of different sizes as a main unit. As a rule, the machine word equals 2^k bytes. When saving a data object into memory some field consisting of several bytes can intersect with the "natural boundary" of words in memory. Some processor models cannot address those data in memory which violate the boundaries of machine words. Others can address data without alignment but less effectively than when addressing the data within the full "machine word" in memory.
Data alignment is performed with the help of empty memory cells between data objects. It increase the size of the data structures but speeds up access to data.