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Date:      Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:27:09 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 215752] /bin/echo utility does not free() the memory which allocated by malloc()
Message-ID:  <bug-215752-8-6sJSi9ZIoc@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
In-Reply-To: <bug-215752-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #3 from Maxim Konovalov <maxim@FreeBSD.org> ---
Hello,

This is not specific to FreeBSD.  Upon process termination, both voluntary =
or
involuntary, the whole address space including the heap of the process is
destroyed.  So, it is quite common for simple utilities like echo(1) with s=
hort
life cycle to rely on this.  I think pretty much any book of unix programmi=
ng
covers that.  My personal recommendation is Steven's "Advanced programming =
in
the UNIX environment" aka APUE.

I'm going to close this ticket unless you have any concerns.

Maxim

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