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There are a few inaccuracies:

  1. It's caused by a particular (albeit popular) malloc implementation, and doesn't necessarily show up on other platforms that does not use it
  2. It's a pretty extreme form of fragmentation, not really a leak.

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@fengmk2 fengmk2 changed the title doc: add rss leak note on process memoryUsage doc: add note on process memoryUsage Jul 11, 2025
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