Package: libstdc++5 Version: 1:3.3.2-4 Severity: minor The memory allocated by std::map in the following sample program seems never to be freed:
#include <map> int main() { std::map<int, int> a; } ... as the following output from valgrind suggests: > valgrind --leak-check=yes --show-reachable=yes --num-callers=20 > --run-libc-freeres=yes ./test-map-destruction ==29180== Memcheck, a memory error detector for x86-linux. ==29180== Copyright (C) 2002-2003, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward. ==29180== Using valgrind-2.1.0, a program supervision framework for x86-linux. ==29180== Copyright (C) 2000-2003, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward. ==29180== Estimated CPU clock rate is 1673 MHz ==29180== For more details, rerun with: -v ==29180== ==29180== ==29180== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0) ==29180== malloc/free: in use at exit: 960 bytes in 1 blocks. ==29180== malloc/free: 1 allocs, 0 frees, 960 bytes allocated. ==29180== For counts of detected errors, rerun with: -v ==29180== searching for pointers to 1 not-freed blocks. ==29180== checked 4529228 bytes. ==29180== ==29180== 960 bytes in 1 blocks are still reachable in loss record 1 of 1 ==29180== at 0x4002CDFE: operator new(unsigned) (vg_replace_malloc.c:162) ==29180== by 0x402C8EFA: std::__default_alloc_template<true, 0>::_S_chunk_alloc(unsigned, int&) (in /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.5) ==29180== by 0x402C8E0C: std::__default_alloc_template<true, 0>::_S_refill(unsigned) (in /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.5) ==29180== by 0x402C8B07: std::__default_alloc_template<true, 0>::allocate(unsigned) (in /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5.0.5) ==29180== by 0x8048E0E: std::__simple_alloc<std::_Rb_tree_node<std::pair<int const, int> >, std::__default_alloc_template<true, 0> >::allocate(unsigned) (stl_alloc.h:232) ==29180== by 0x8048DD1: std::_Rb_tree_alloc_base<std::pair<int const, int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, int> >, true>::_M_get_node() (stl_tree.h:564) ==29180== by 0x8048D9C: std::_Rb_tree_base<std::pair<int const, int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, int> > >::_Rb_tree_base(std::allocator<std::pair<int const, int> > const&) (stl_tree.h:579) ==29180== by 0x8048D4D: std::_Rb_tree<int, std::pair<int const, int>, std::_Select1st<std::pair<int const, int> >, std::less<int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, int> > >::_Rb_tree(std::less<int> const&, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, int> > const&) (stl_tree.h:730) ==29180== by 0x8048CEA: std::map<int, int, std::less<int>, std::allocator<std::pair<int const, int> > >::map() (stl_map.h:144) ==29180== by 0x804875A: main (test-map-destruction.cc:5) ==29180== ==29180== LEAK SUMMARY: ==29180== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==29180== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. ==29180== still reachable: 960 bytes in 1 blocks. ==29180== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks. I am inclined to assume that the memory is kept in some pool. If so, having a way to make libstdc++ free it anyway would make finding real leaks easier. Regards, Daniel -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux tpce14 2.4.24 #1 Mi Jan 28 09:45:36 CET 2004 i686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Versions of packages libstdc++5 depends on: ii gcc-3.3-base 1:3.3.2-4 The GNU Compiler Collection (base ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-4 GCC support library -- no debconf information