11 LeakSanitizer is a run-time memory leak detector. It can be combined with
12 :doc:`AddressSanitizer` to get both memory error and leak detection, or
13 used in a stand-alone mode. LSan adds almost no performance overhead
14 until the very end of the process, at which point there is an extra leak
20 LeakSanitizer is supported on x86\_64 Linux and macOS. In order to use it,
21 simply build your program with :doc:`AddressSanitizer`:
23 .. code-block:: console
30 p = 0; // The memory is leaked here.
33 % clang -fsanitize=address -g memory-leak.c ; ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=1 ./a.out
34 ==23646==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
35 Direct leak of 7 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
36 #0 0x4af01b in __interceptor_malloc /projects/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cc:52:3
37 #1 0x4da26a in main memory-leak.c:4:7
38 #2 0x7f076fd9cec4 in __libc_start_main libc-start.c:287
39 SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 7 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s).
41 To use LeakSanitizer in stand-alone mode, link your program with
42 ``-fsanitize=leak`` flag. Make sure to use ``clang`` (not ``ld``) for the
43 link step, so that it would link in proper LeakSanitizer run-time library
44 into the final executable.
49 `<https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizerLeakSanitizer>`_