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Cc: Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net>, jasone@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: memory leak in free()
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On Wednesday 14 June 2006 04:07, Krassimir Slavchev wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> This simple code demonstrates the problem:
>=20
> int main ()
> {
>     char* buffer1;
>     char* buffer2;
>     int size =3D 2*1024*1024 + 1;
>=20
> for(;;) {
>         buffer1 =3D (char *) malloc(size);
>         buffer2 =3D (char *) malloc(size);
>=20
>         free(buffer1);
>         free(buffer2);
>  }
> }
>=20
> The second free() does not free allocated memory if size >2Mb.
>=20
> On 6.1-STABLE all is OK.

This is probably an issue with jemalloc, I've cc'd jasone@ who wrote the
new malloc() in HEAD.

=2D-=20
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