From: "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
To: "Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: dmalloc and leaks in git
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:02:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9e4733910712081302h64d9b062kad02c4f13818d59f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712082058280.27959@racer.site>
On 12/8/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> > It is very easy to use dmalloc with git. Follow the instructions here,
> > http://dmalloc.com/docs/latest/online/dmalloc_4.html
> >
> > But using dmalloc shows a pervasive problem, none of the git commands
> > are cleaning up after themselves. For example I ran a simple command,
> > git-status, and thousands of objects were not freed.
>
> Known problem. Goes by the name of "libification" on this list.
I tried using dmalloc to find the leak in repack but it is impossible
to sort out the accidental leaks from the on-purpose ones. On exit
there were millions of unfreed objects coming from all over the place.
--
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-08 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-08 20:53 dmalloc and leaks in git Jon Smirl
2007-12-08 20:58 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-08 21:02 ` Jon Smirl [this message]
2007-12-08 21:19 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-09 20:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-10 16:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-10 16:54 ` Nicolas Pitre
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