Memory leak when using exit()
Author: itacud95Created Apr 29, 2024Updated Jul 12, 2026
Describe the bug
I noticed valgrind reports a leak when using exit(0) in a test case.
Expected behavior I would expect it not to leak.
Reproduction steps
TEST_CASE("fork") {
pid_t pid = fork();
REQUIRE(pid != -1);
if (pid == 0) {
exit(0);
} else {
int status;
waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
}
CHECK(true);
}
// valgrind --leak-check=full ./binaryPlatform information:
- OS: linux
- Compiler+version: g++ (GCC) 13.2.1 20230801
- Catch version: v3.5.3
Additional context valgrind version: 3.22
Source: catchorg/Catch2