Re: memory issues when running with mod_perl

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Fred Tyler" <fredty8(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Andreas Rieke" <andreas(dot)rieke(at)isl(dot)de>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, kleptog(at)svana(dot)org, postgres(at)2xlp(dot)com
Subject: Re: memory issues when running with mod_perl
Date: 2006-10-01 16:44:42
Message-ID: 26085.1159721082@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Fred Tyler" <fredty8(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> R2: After having a look at the linux kernel mailing list, it seems that
>>> this problem is not yet known there.

> It is possible that it has already been fixed. I am seeing this memory
> leak quite clearly on 2.6.12.6, but there's no evidence of it at all
> on 2.6.16.27. The changelogs between those two versions show a lot of
> bugfixes for memory leaks.

We should not forget the possibility that there's more than one bug
here. The people who were seeing leakage on BSD might be facing a
different problem than what you are dealing with on Linux. It'd be
worth trying the psql-in-a-tight-loop example on the BSD boxes that
are showing the problem.

regards, tom lane

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