Имея
#include <stdlib.h>
char * G;
int main()
{
char * l = malloc(10);
G = malloc(20);
}
Выполнение в valgrind дает:
pi@raspberrypi:/tmp $ valgrind --leak-check=full ./a.out
==11087== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==11087== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==11087== Using Valgrind-3.13.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==11087== Command: ./a.out
==11087==
==11087==
==11087== HEAP SUMMARY:
==11087== in use at exit: 30 bytes in 2 blocks
==11087== total heap usage: 2 allocs, 0 frees, 30 bytes allocated
==11087==
==11087== 10 bytes in 1 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 1 of 2
==11087== at 0x4847568: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:299)
==11087== by 0x10453: main (mm.c:7)
==11087==
==11087== LEAK SUMMARY:
==11087== definitely lost: 10 bytes in 1 blocks
==11087== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==11087== possibly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==11087== still reachable: 20 bytes in 1 blocks
==11087== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==11087== Reachable blocks (those to which a pointer was found) are not shown.
==11087== To see them, rerun with: --leak-check=full --show-leak-kinds=all
==11087==
==11087== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v
==11087== ERROR SUMMARY: 1 errors from 1 contexts (suppressed: 6 from 3)
malloc(10)
определенно потеряно, потому что нет доступа к нему приконец выполнения (здесь из main )
malloc(20)
не потерян, потому что все еще доступен через G