Memory Safety Patterns

About

Provides comprehensive guidance and implementation patterns for writing memory-safe systems code in Rust, C++, and C. This skill helps developers navigate complex resource management tasks by offering cross-language comparisons, safe smart pointer usage, and ownership semantics. It is particularly useful when building performance-critical applications where preventing use-after-free errors, memory leaks, and data races is paramount, ensuring robust and secure software architecture.

Key Features

• 23,139 GitHub stars
• Thread-safety and data race prevention strategies for concurrent code
• Debugging workflows for AddressSanitizer, Valgrind, and Miri
• Ownership and borrowing semantics implementation guidance
• Smart pointer patterns including custom deleters and cycle prevention
• RAII and resource management patterns for C++, C, and Rust

Use Cases

• Debugging complex memory corruption issues and data races in performance-critical applications
• Writing memory-safe systems code to prevent common bugs like use-after-free and leaks
• Choosing and implementing the appropriate memory management strategy across different languages