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 http://main.lv/writeup/making_c_executables_smaller.md
 
 ### Memory leaks
+
+Memory leaks is cruitial part of C language. Default case when they are detected are
+when allocated memory wasn free'd after use. If amount of this type of memory increasing then
+its can eventually fill whole memory and system will be unresponsive. Here is simple example
+how memory leak created and how to detect it.
+
+```c
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main() {
+
+	char *ptr = malloc(12);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+```
+
+The best way to detect it to use valgrind. 
+
+```
+$ valgrind ./malloc
+
+==778== HEAP SUMMARY:
+==778==     in use at exit: 12 bytes in 1 blocks
+==778==   total heap usage: 2 allocs, 1 frees, 1,036 bytes allocated
+```
+
+There is seen 2 allocs and 1 free. But we see that 12bytes after exit. So our created leak is detected.
+More complex example. So now we created leaking function and we called it 5 times. But in larger code
+base it would be nice to see location of leaks.
+
+```c
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int* mem_alloc(int sz) {
+	int *ret=NULL;
+
+	if (sz < 0) {
+		return NULL; 
+	}
+
+	ret = malloc(sz*sizeof(int));
+
+	if (sz>10) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+	mem_alloc(0);
+
+	free(mem_alloc(1));
+
+	mem_alloc(100); 
+
+	free(mem_alloc(2));
+
+	mem_alloc(10);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+```
+
+There is 3 blocks that leaks, and we see where its comming from there is possible to guess but it would better
+to have position of where leak located.
+
+```
+valgrind --leak-check=full --track-origins=yes --log-file=log.txt ./memleak2
+
+==4974== HEAP SUMMARY:
+==4974==     in use at exit: 440 bytes in 3 blocks
+==4974==   total heap usage: 5 allocs, 2 frees, 452 bytes allocated
+==4974== 
+==4974== 0 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 3
+==4974==    at 0x4841888: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
+==4974==    by 0x109179: mem_alloc (in /home/fam/prog/c/undefined_c/memleak2)
+==4974==    by 0x10919E: main (in /home/fam/prog/c/undefined_c/memleak2)
+==4974== 
+==4974== 40 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 2 of 3
+==4974==    at 0x4841888: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
+==4974==    by 0x109179: mem_alloc (in /home/fam/prog/c/undefined_c/memleak2)
+==4974==    by 0x1091D6: main (in /home/fam/prog/c/undefined_c/memleak2)
+==4974== 
+==4974== 400 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 3 of 3
+==4974==    at 0x4841888: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
+==4974==    by 0x109179: mem_alloc (in /home/fam/prog/c/undefined_c/memleak2)
+==4974==    by 0x1091BA: main (in /home/fam/prog/c/undefined_c/memleak2)
+==4974== 
+==4974== LEAK SUMMARY:
+==4974==    definitely lost: 440 bytes in 3 blocks
+==4974==    indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==4974==      possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==4974==    still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==4974==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+```
+
+Add compilation option __g3__
+
+```
+gcc -g3 memleak2.c -o memleak2
+```
+
+Now it shows source lines and trace from where the leaking code where called. Thats looks better now.
+
+```
+valgrind --leak-check=full --track-origins=yes --log-file=log.txt ./memleak2
+
+==5073== HEAP SUMMARY:
+==5073==     in use at exit: 440 bytes in 3 blocks
+==5073==   total heap usage: 5 allocs, 2 frees, 452 bytes allocated
+==5073== 
+==5073== 0 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 3
+==5073==    at 0x4841888: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
+==5073==    by 0x109179: mem_alloc (memleak2.c:10)
+==5073==    by 0x10919E: main (memleak2.c:22)
+==5073== 
+==5073== 40 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 2 of 3
+==5073==    at 0x4841888: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
+==5073==    by 0x109179: mem_alloc (memleak2.c:10)
+==5073==    by 0x1091D6: main (memleak2.c:30)
+==5073== 
+==5073== 400 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 3 of 3
+==5073==    at 0x4841888: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
+==5073==    by 0x109179: mem_alloc (memleak2.c:10)
+==5073==    by 0x1091BA: main (memleak2.c:26)
+==5073== 
+==5073== LEAK SUMMARY:
+==5073==    definitely lost: 440 bytes in 3 blocks
+==5073==    indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==5073==      possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==5073==    still reachable: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==5073==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
+==5073== 
+```
+
+
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