Memory profiling concepts
Memory profiling involves analyzing an application’s usage during runtime to identify how memory is allocated, used, and released. The goal is to detect inefficient memory use, such as leaks, excessive memory allocation, and unnecessary memory consumption that can lead to application slowdowns or crashes. It is a critical practice in software development aimed at understanding and optimizing how applications allocate and manage memory. Given the complexities of modern software systems and the variety of hardware environments in which they operate, memory profiling helps ensure applications perform efficiently and reliably.
As we have been exploring since Chapter 1 of this book, common memory usage issues that we might encounter during application runtime include the following:
- Memory leaks: These occur when a program fails to release memory that is no longer needed, decreasing the available memory and potentially causing system crashes over...
