Re: memory leak under heavy load?

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: "surabhi(dot)ahuja" <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in>
Cc: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: memory leak under heavy load?
Date: 2005-11-30 17:40:14
Message-ID: 20051130174014.GD13642@nasby.net
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Probably best to open up a bug...

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 03:38:06PM +0530, surabhi.ahuja wrote:
> even i have observed memory leaks ... is it happening in postgres side
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> i can send the valgrind logs
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> On 11/29/05, Jim C. Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> wrote:
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> Are you sure this isn't just PostgreSQL caching data?
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> i am not sure. but what bothers me is:
> i setup limit of shared memory to 50000 buffers - which gives estimate 400 megabytes. how come it ended up using 6GB ?
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> depesz
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