From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: dmalloc and leaks in git
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:58:50 +0000 (GMT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0712082058280.27959@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910712081253t7cd43f87o6001f32fddc01565@mail.gmail.com>
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.
Ciao,
Dscho
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-08 20:59 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 [this message]
2007-12-08 21:02 ` Jon Smirl
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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