Understanding memory leaks - using Valgrind (memcheck)
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Introduction
The purpose of this article is to help you understand what a memory leak is and how to detect it using valgrind.
What is a memory leak?
A process leaks memory when it dynamically allocates memory at run time and forgets about the allocation, never using that memory again. This memory becomes a wasted resource as the kernel cannot allocate it to any other p...
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