Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 12:12:58 +1000 (EST) From: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcpdump - memory leak? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005151210500.48506-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005150931010.91855-100000@guru.citec.qld.gov.au>
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On Mon, 15 May 2000, Colin Campbell wrote: > Hi, > > Could it be a name resolution cache? The longer it runs the more it grows? (Hope you don't mind me posting back to the list.) Anyway good guess, unfortunately I run it with the -n parameter... IP addresses only, do not resolve names. :-( > > And after I kill and restart it: > > > > Mem: 6068K Active, 1628K Inact, 5064K Wired, 536K Cache, 2544K Buf, 9584K Free > > ... > > 17609 root 4 0 900K 720K bpf 0:00 0.42% 0.27% tcpdump > > > > Approximately 2 hours later, not sure if it's "rising" or just happens to > > be using a bit more memory at this instant: > > > > 17609 root 4 0 984K 900K bpf 0:22 0.00% 0.00% tcpdump Here's what it shows now: Mem: 7548K Active, 1632K Inact, 5080K Wired, 536K Cache, 2477K Buf, 8084K Free ... 17609 root 28 0 1344K 1260K RUN 7:32 0.04% 0.04% tcpdump Definitely growing. Cheers. -- Rowan Crowe http://www.rowan.sensation.net.au/ Sensation Internet Services http://info.sensation.net.au/ Melbourne, Australia Phone: +61-3-9388-9260 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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