Patent · US Expired

Method and system for memory leak detection

US7487321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Manikam Muthiah · Bengaluru, IN
Chandra Sekhar Putha · Chennai, IN
Jun Xu · Nanjing, CN
Xiangrong Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 15, 2005
Grant date	Feb 3, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 21, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3648
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatus and software can be implemented to detect memory leaks with relatively high confidence. By analyzing memory blocks stored in a memory, implicit and/or explicit contingency chains can be obtained. Analysis of these contingency chains identifies potential memory leaks, and subsequent successive verification confirms whether the potential memory leaks are memory leaks.

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