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Diffstat (limited to 'Config.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | Config.in | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP bool "Clean up all memory before exiting (usually not needed)" default n help - As a size optimization, busybox by default does not cleanup memory - that is dynamically allocated or close files before exiting. This - saves space and is usually not needed since the OS will clean up for - us. Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean + As a size optimization, busybox normally exits without explicitly + freeing dynamically allocated memory or closing files. This saves + space since the OS will clean up for us, but it can confuse debuggers + like valgrind, which report tons of memory and resource leaks. + + Don't enable this unless you have a really good reason to clean things up manually. config CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID |