heap allocation by the OS

G

gaurish.panse

This is more about the OS than about C++.

How does the OS (*nix) keeps track of the heap memory allocated to each
process? If the OS knows the memory consumed by each process, does it
automatically releases the memory upon process termination/kill? if
not, why not :) ?
 
R

red floyd

This is more about the OS than about C++.

How does the OS (*nix) keeps track of the heap memory allocated to each
process? If the OS knows the memory consumed by each process, does it
automatically releases the memory upon process termination/kill? if
not, why not :) ?
You're OT. Try comp.unix.programmer
 

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