From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: dmalloc and leaks in git Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:58:50 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <9e4733910712081253t7cd43f87o6001f32fddc01565@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Git Mailing List To: Jon Smirl X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Dec 08 21:59:50 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J16m4-0006uH-Qx for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:59:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752581AbXLHU71 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:59:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751899AbXLHU71 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:59:27 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:43483 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751896AbXLHU71 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:59:27 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 08 Dec 2007 20:59:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO openvpn-client) [138.251.11.103] by mail.gmx.net (mp039) with SMTP; 08 Dec 2007 21:59:25 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18DVKxkMDcDOGkr4dqW6OJIu4bKSfMYCpr/TxH1pX NLhb9HjtGVvLoM X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <9e4733910712081253t7cd43f87o6001f32fddc01565@mail.gmail.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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