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Memory leaks and other resources after a process dies

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c

linux

Suppose a program has memory leaks.

1) When a process dies (normally or segmentation fault), are those leaked memory freed?

2) What about other resources a process holds?

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ming.kernel Avatar asked Aug 18 '12 02:08

ming.kernel

1 Answers

With most modern operating systems (linux, windows from around NT 3.5), yes.

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Radim Cernej Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 04:09

Radim Cernej
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