Introduction
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-LeakSanitizer is a heap leak detector which is designed to be used on top of
-:doc:`AddressSanitizer` / :doc:`MemorySanitizer`, or as a standalone library.
-LeakSanitizer is a run-time tool which doesn't require compiler
-instrumentation.
+LeakSanitizer is a run-time memory leak detector. It can be combined with
+:doc:`AddressSanitizer` to get both memory error and leak detection.
+LeakSanitizer does not introduce any additional slowdown when used in this mode.
+The LeakSanitizer runtime can also be linked in separately to get leak detection
+only, at a minimal performance cost.
Current status
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-LeakSanitizer is a work in progress, currently under development for
-x86\_64 Linux.
+LeakSanitizer is experimental and supported only on x86\_64 Linux.
+
+The combined mode has been tested on fairly large software projects. The
+stand-alone mode has received much less testing.
+
+There are plans to support LeakSanitizer in :doc:`MemorySanitizer` builds.
More Information
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