Re: [squid-users] tracking down leaks

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 10:40:10 +0100 (CET)

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, josh wrote:

> How do I track down a memory leak?

I usuaully use memprof on RedHat 7.X for this purpose.

> How do I fix one if I find it?

Once it is tracked down it is usually not hard to plug the leak.

But it should be noticed that Squid-2.5.STABLE4 is not known to leak any
memory. So far all suspected memory leaks have been misconfigurations not
following the memory requirements.

> does not really show up as part of the squid process, and is not
> returned when squid stops.

Then it is not Squid who is leaking, if there is any leak at all.

What is the detail symptoms you have in memory usage which makes you think
there is a leak?

Regards
Henrik
Received on Tue Dec 09 2003 - 02:40:19 MST

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