Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] Valgrind when file pointer limit reached
Date: Sunday, 13 Sep 2020, 21:24:37

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > When fiend exits after reaching the number of file pointers available, is
    > it okay to have data that's still reachable after exiting?

As stated in the specification

  C. fiend may
     ...
     * Fail gracefully (i.e., exit with no valgrind errors or segmentation
       faults) if the depth of the depth-first traversal exceeds the number of
       file pointers available.

Thus even unreachable storage is acceptable.

--Stan-