How to detect memory leakage in C program?

JIGAR PATEL    c, c++, linux, Tips, tips, tips     Valgrind

One more tips for c-programmer,embedded software engineers.

• In many case you need to make sure that your programs is not going to leak any heap memory.
• In Manny case  while debugging code you will find SEGMENTATION FAULT  and you cant debug your code ahead.

So in that all case our best friend is Valgrind 

Introduction:

The Valgrind tool suite provides a number of debugging and profiling tools that help you make your programs faster
and more correct. The most popular of these tools is called Memcheck. It can detect many memory-related errors
that are common in C and C++ programs and that can lead to crashes and unpredictable behaviour.

Download & install :

You can download this tool for For {x86,amd64,arm,ppc32,ppc64}-linux and {x86,amd64}-darwin (Mac OS X). from here.
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