From owner-freebsd-current Sun Oct 4 13:47:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24626 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 13:47:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles320.castles.com [208.214.167.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24543 for ; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 13:47:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA06504; Sun, 4 Oct 1998 13:51:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810042051.NAA06504@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Terry Lambert cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), eivind@yes.no, alk@pobox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: something is leaking In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Oct 1998 20:04:46 -0000." <199810042004.NAA09520@usr08.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 13:51:39 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > The shared memory regions are not being "owned" and reference > > > counted correctly. > > > > > > This is either a bug in the X Server, or in netscape. > > > > Very few kernels are configured to have that much shared memory; I > > don't think this has anything to do with it. I've observed Netscape's > > interesting growth patterns on systems without SYSVSHM devined (ie. no > > MIT-SHM extension available). > > Try it before you comment. You can't really argue with success. As I > said, I've been unwilling to track it down. I don't know how you come to the conclusion that I haven't tried it, especially when I explicitly stated that I had. There is a hard limit on the amount of SYSV shared memory that can be allocated. Even on systems without it enabled, Netscape still blows out to a ridiculous size, way beyond this value. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message