GNU bug report logs - #54194
Memory Leak on Fedora Machine

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Message #8 received at 54194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Mahyar Mirrashed <mirrashm <at> myumanitoba.ca>
Cc: 54194 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54194: Memory Leak on Fedora Machine
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:38:11 -0800

On 2/27/22 21:34, Mahyar Mirrashed wrote:
> I accidentally profiled
> `grep` and noticed that there was over 110KB of memory leakage.

There's a good possibility that it's not a true memory leakage. grep 
doesn't bother freeing storage just before it exits, merely to pacify 
memory checkers, as it's faster to simply exit. To find out for sure 
you'll need to investigate further.

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