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/> References: <bug-215752-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215752 --- 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 short life cycle to rely on this. I think pretty much any book of unix programming 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 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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