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When a program crashes, is its memory reclaimed by the OS?

Dynamically allocated (malloc) memory is returned back to the OS when a

program terminates normally. But what if the program crashes? Is its
heap also freed? Thanks.

May 23 '06 #1
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D'artagnan wrote:
Dynamically allocated (malloc) memory is returned back to the OS when a

program terminates normally. But what if the program crashes? Is its
heap also freed? Thanks.


That depends entirely on the OS. The C++ standard has nothing to say
on the matter -- wrong jurisdiction. However, generally speaking, yes,
most OSes will reclaim all such memory.

Luke

May 23 '06 #2

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