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Started by Colin Smiley
Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:40
Epoch Memory Leaks?
Author: Colin Smiley
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:40
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:40
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First, the details: epoch 4.2 compile with gcc 2.2.2 (haven't tried 2.3.1 on it yet), running on a SPARC 2, SunOS 4.1.1, with X11R5. I seem to have run into a memory leak somewhere. Or maybe it is just obscene memory usage. I don't expect to see a fix for this anytime soon, but I figured that I would let you people know what I am seeing. Now the story: I run epoch all the time. More specifically, I leave it running for as long as I am logged in (long periods of time, > 1 week to say the least). I have no need to quit and restart epoch, since I am using the gnuserv package with it. For the sake of background information, I constantly run mh-e and lighbrite, plus I intermittently run gnus. I also find myself running any number of C editing sessions under gnuserv/epoch. What I have found is that after a longer period of time, epoch's memory usage has climbed to between 7 and 10 MB! This is some pretty serious memory usage. So I guess my question is, has anyone else seen this? Colin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Smiley, Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas 77269-2000 e-mail: smiley@compaq.com Phone: (713) 378-8426 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed here do not reflect the opinions of Compaq Computer Corp. They make computers. I make noise.
Re: Epoch Memory Leaks?
Author: Fred Douglis
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:51
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:51
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smiley@akasha.eng.hou.compaq.com (Colin Smiley) writes: >I seem to have run into a memory leak somewhere. Or maybe it is just >obscene memory usage. I don't expect to see a fix for this anytime >soon, but I figured that I would let you people know what I am seeing. I would imagine it's just what you would call obscene usage. The rest of us wouldn't -- or at least I wouldn't. What epoch (and gnu emacs) does is to keep all the files you ever edit in virtual memory, plus the things in the kill ring, plus who knows what else. So it's bound to grow over time unless you delete lots of buffers as you go along and it's able to reuse some of that memory. This isn't a problem on most modern desktop systems, since swap space is usually plentiful. It is probably a bigger problem for things like laptops with limited memory and limited disk space. -- Fred Douglis Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory | Email: douglis@mitl.com 182 Nassau Street | Phone: +1 609 497-4600 Princeton, NJ 08542 USA | Fax: +1 609 497-4013
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