From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Tue Dec 8 17:12:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB40D9D3211 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian@wolfgarten.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D73D31E07 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian@wolfgarten.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id D6A969D3210; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:12:39 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8F39D320D for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian@wolfgarten.com) Received: from waldfest.wolfgarten.com (waldfest.wolfgarten.com [144.76.61.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CEC1E03; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:12:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian@wolfgarten.com) Received: from waldfest (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by waldfest.wolfgarten.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D86B6887D; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:12:32 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at wolfgarten.com Received: from waldfest.wolfgarten.com ([127.0.0.1]) by waldfest (waldfest.wolfgarten.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 73LEiPhmIE_m; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:12:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail.wolfgarten.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by waldfest.wolfgarten.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 056E368877; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:12:26 +0100 (CET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:12:26 +0100 From: sebastian@wolfgarten.com To: junovitch@freebsd.org Cc: ports@freebsd.org, adamw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Memory leak or misconfiguration: Repeated allocation of very large block In-Reply-To: <4E7AE89D-AEE8-4F58-9BE1-3F8B476AA2B2@FreeBSD.org> References: <7FBFC8D1-EE93-4F14-8A7B-60DA1078F4E2@wolfgarten.com> <4E7AE89D-AEE8-4F58-9BE1-3F8B476AA2B2@FreeBSD.org> Message-ID: <6111ebff38002541b078fbdfd0c7aff9@wolfgarten.com> X-Sender: sebastian@wolfgarten.com User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.1.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:12:40 -0000 Hi, I believe this has been solved, thanks for following up. Adam in CC has taken care. Best regards Sebastian Am 2015-12-08 18:03, schrieb Jason Unovitch: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On December 5, 2015 6:43:55 AM EST, Sebastian Wolfgarten > wrote: >> Any views on this? >> >>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: >>> >>> Von: Sebastian Wolfgarten >>> Datum: 25. Oktober 2015 um 11:55:42 MEZ >>> An: ports@freebsd.org >>> Betreff: Wtr: Memory leak or misconfiguration: Repeated allocation of >> very large block >>> >>> To whom it may concern, >>> >>> in view of the discussion below may I suggest we remove the --with-gc >> option from the Dovecot default options? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Sebastian >>> >>>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: >>>> >>>> Von: Sebastian Wolfgarten > > >>>> Datum: 25. Oktober 2015 um 11:54:15 MEZ >>>> An: Timo Sirainen > >>>> Kopie: dovecot@dovecot.org >>>> Betreff: Aw: Memory leak or misconfiguration: Repeated allocation of >> very large block >>>> >>>> Hi Timo, >>>> >>>> alright, thanks I will recompile without gc - this is a standard >> build option on FreeBSD but I will get the port maintainer to maybe >> change this. >>>> >>>> Best regards >>>> Sebastian >>>> >>>>> Am 24.10.2015 um 23:19 schrieb Timo Sirainen > >: >>>>> >>>>> On 24 Oct 2015, at 14:59, Sebastian Wolfgarten >> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am using Dovecot 2.2.19 and I keep on getting the following >> warnings in my mail.log file on FreeBSD 10: >>>>>> >>>>>> Oct 24 10:45:28 server1 dovecot: imap: Error: GC Warning: Repeated >> allocation of very large block (appr. size 20480): >>>>>> Oct 24 10:45:28 server1 dovecot: imap: Error: May lead to memory >> leak and poor performance. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am wondering whether this is a configuration issue (i.e. a >> mistake in my current config) or whether I am hitting a bug. What’s >> the >> best way of figuring this one out? I tried increasing the verbosity of >> the logs but it did not really provide me with further information. >>>>> >>>>> I guess you have configured Dovecot --with-gc? I guess it's >> possible this is a bug, but it could just as well be a false alarm. In >> general I don't recommend/support --with-gc option (and I should >> probably just remove it altogether). The easiest and the most usable >> way of finding memory leaks is to run with valgrind (which must be >> done >> without-gc): >>>>> >>>>> service imap { >>>>> executable = /usr/bin/valgrind -q --show-reachable=yes >> --leak-check=full /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> I'm not aware of any memory leaks right now. >>>>> >>>> >>> > > Have you filed a PR for the issue and/or reported this to the > mail/dovecot2 maintainer? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQFHBAEBCgAxKhxKYXNvbiBVbm92aXRjaCA8amFzb24udW5vdml0Y2hAZ21haWwu > Y29tPgUCVmcNXAAKCRBv1JwwFhyqbuCBB/0Yqw6Bhecsegznzx21WxZD+aJzd9k5 > 8OPUT3VbTtkK33BKgozZYFzEW0+9XSdU6vK+AreuBcWAtMb34F5W6H3uqfezv0by > HvdftdIbUao1TYUhGlDL21k1PaNNPpfoDkqpTTV0eEAuM0p3ZZP3YWwWSXGzmvgu > KGZKdx3SF/oy6Ut2DHYZIj5JQVBd20wZrFtKt6/orudn12eFEfWcB9fTqQ1ESJBf > Q1Ue2zsPUQn7AcbP/UW99CdgV+BTM5rI7yZu8ohnJWj0rimSmWMWY5cqbzbBkTem > hBRdJ+KMD0SpdOHw7zGMHKN+MHLWCBl+4ZmIUxOEPbolLoljAdvbTt4i > =FN+e > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----