Memory Leak

Reports the allocations of memory (either new operator or malloc() function) that were not released before they become non-accessible.

Example:

  class MyClass {
      int* leakedField = new int;
  };

  void foo() {
      MyClass* c = new MyClass;
      delete c;
  }

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

MemoryLeak

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | C/C++ | Data Flow Analysis

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	CLion 2024.2,
Can be installed with plugin:	CLion, 2024.2

Last modified: 11 September 2024