From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 19:54:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FA216A420 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:54:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jasone@freebsd.org) Received: from lh.synack.net (lh.synack.net [204.152.188.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC0043D48 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:54:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jasone@freebsd.org) Received: by lh.synack.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id C17F05E48EE; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:54:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.168.203] (moscow-cuda-gen2-68-64-60-20.losaca.adelphia.net [68.64.60.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lh.synack.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419155E48EC; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:54:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <17374.8868.815312.597508@roam.psg.com> References: <17373.50882.270841.554876@roam.psg.com> <43DE2130.70203@yahoo.com.br> <17374.8868.815312.597508@roam.psg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <984FE491-6C27-410D-A156-8B790699EBB7@freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jason Evans Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:54:15 -0800 To: Randy Bush X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on lh.synack.net X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.4 Cc: current@freebsd.org, "Ricardo A. Reis" Subject: Re: xorg 6.9.0 mem leak X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:54:18 -0000 [Apologies for the duplicate email; mailman didn't let the mail through the first time, due to using the wrong From address.] On Jan 30, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Randy Bush wrote: >> The new malloc implementation still it is going to be perfected, >> in my station: >> >> Xorg increase +/- 40% >> Firefox increase +/- 60% >> Amule increase +/- 30% >> >> I not recompile this ports after world. >> >> Ricardo A. Reis >> UNIFESP >> Unix and Network Admin > > let me be more clear. this is a leak, not an increase. > > if i leave the system untouched (and it's a laptop which runs no > net services), memory use by xorg (shown by top) slowly goes from > under 100m to 500m in four hours. and it keeps going until it > starts to swap. and it keeps going until it crashes the system. > > and this is new with build and portupgrade of 2006.01.23, a week > ago. On 25 January, I checked in some malloc changes that fix some severe fragmentation problems. Can you please try with a newer libc, and see if the problem persists? Thanks, Jason