From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756440Ab1BXQpy (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:45:54 -0500 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.124]:65166 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756385Ab1BXQpw (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:45:52 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=dquaJDitHqzHCdqWSoZ6IgapSuTzW/4TaRYx9N9k4W8= c=1 sm=0 a=dgxeImJIUbAA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=OPBmh+XkhLl+Enan7BmTLg==:17 a=gIi8eh1RuD-OM48fK5gA:9 a=3GD2gb478Pu92ku-O5sA:7 a=ESapBTcUgUwymrjvM5GFnfxP7BAA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=OPBmh+XkhLl+Enan7BmTLg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.242.120.143 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:45:51 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt To: Justin Mattock Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: gitk with the latest branch makes the system unusable for some time Message-ID: <20110224164551.GD888@home.goodmis.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Justin, On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 03:53:08PM -0800, Justin Mattock wrote: > not sure if there is any reports of this or not, basically using gitk > on my macbookpro2,2 makes the system extremely slow and unusable > (after a while can finally use the system) > > in dmesg I am seeing this: > > [ 6089.367430] [ 2593] 1000 2593 26616 1 1 0 > 0 bash > [ 6089.367435] [ 2717] 1000 2717 326078 204267 0 0 > 0 wish > [ 6089.367439] [ 2729] 1000 2729 141207 7349 0 0 > 0 git > [ 6089.367444] Out of memory: Kill process 2717 (wish) score 802 or > sacrifice child Looks like a memory leak in gitk and nothing to do with the kernel. I would take this up with them. -- Steve