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Asked: 2026-05-24T23:58:40+00:00

I was reading that all a process’s memory is released by the OS when

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I was reading that all a process’s memory is released by the OS when the process terminates (by any means) so negating the need to call every dtor in turn.

Now my question is how does the memory of a DLL or SO relate to clean up of alloc’d memory?

I ask because I will probably end up using a Java and/or C# to call into a C++ DLL with some static C style functions which will allocate the C++ objects on the heap. Sorry if I got carried away with the heap vs stack thread, I feel I have lost sight of the concept of _the_ heap (ie only one).

Any other potential pitfalls for memory leaks when using libraries?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The library becomes part of the process when it is loaded. Regarding tidy up of memory, handles, resources etc., the system doesn’t distinguish whether they were created in the executable image or the library.

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