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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: dmalloc and leaks in git
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:19:29 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Jon Smirl wrote:

> 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.

This might be a starting point:

http://repo.or.cz/w/git/dscho.git?a=commitdiff;h=2083418c5010f04fbcd6e1f67de522ad6acd863d

Hth,
Dscho